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taper |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr & vb n. {Tapering}.] To become gradually smaller toward one end as a sugar loaf tapers toward one end From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taper \Ta"per\, v. t. To make or cause to taper. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taper \Ta"per\, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf Ir tapar, W. tampr.] 1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak. 2. A tapering form gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as the taper of a spire. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taper \Ta"per\, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end conical; pyramidical; as taper fingers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: taper n 1: a convex shape that narrows toward a point 2: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) 3: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {wick}] 4: stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: {candle}, {wax light}] v 1: diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off" 2: give a point to "The candles are tapered" [syn: {sharpen}, {point}]
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