A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
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A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
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A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
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A small or very slender candle.
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A source of feeble light.
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verb-transitive
To make smaller gradually.
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To make thinner or narrower at one end.
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verb
To become progressively smaller toward one end.
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To diminish gradually.
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To cause to taper.
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Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end:.
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adjective
Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
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Progressively narrowed toward one end.
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Furnished with or adjusted to a scale.
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verb-intransitive
To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
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To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.
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