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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈteɪpə/
  • IPA: /ˈteɪpɚ/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-taper.ogg


Homophones


Etymology 1

From tapor ‘candle’, apparently from papyrus#Latin|papyrus ‘papyrus’, later ‘wick of a candle’.

Noun

  1. A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
  2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
  3. : The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.


Translations

Adjective

  1. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; as, taper fingers.


Synonyms


Verb

  1. To make thinner or narrower at one end.
  2. To diminish gradually.


Derived terms


Translations

Etymology 2

From tape.

Noun

  1. In the Context of One who operates a tape machine.
  2. Someone who works with tape or tapes.


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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-taper.ogg


Verb

taper

  1. to slap, knock


Conjugation

See also


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Norwegian

Noun

  1. a loser


Verb

taper

  1. present tense of tape (to lose)
  2. present tense of tape (to tape)


Category:Norwegian verb forms

de:taper es:taper fr:taper io:taper id:taper it:taper hu:taper ro:taper ru:taper fi:taper ta:taper te:taper vi:taper zh:taper

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Taper \Ta"per\, v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet 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]
Moby Dictionary
abate , aculeate , acuminate , approach , barb , bate , bayberry candle ,
bougie , brand , butane lighter , candle , candlewick , center ,
centralize , cigarette lighter , close , close in , close up ,
close with , coarctation , come down , come together , concenter ,
concentralize , concentrate , confine , constrict , constriction ,
contract , contraction , converge , corpse candle , cuspidate , decline ,
decrease , diminish , dip , draw in , drop off , dwindle , ebb , edge ,
electric light bulb , fade , fall in with , fall off , farthing dip ,
file , fire , firebrand , flambeau , flame , flint , flint and steel ,
funnel , glim , go down , go in , grind , hone , igniter , illuminant ,
illuminator , incandescent body , intersect , lamp , lampwick , lantern ,
lessen , let up , light , light bulb , light source , lighter , limit ,
luminant , luminary , match , meet , moon , narrow , narrow the gap ,
narrowing , nip , oilstone , peter out , pinch , plummet , point ,
portfire , reduce , reset , restrict , run together , rush candle ,
rushlight , set , sharpen , slacken , slow down , slow up , slump , snape ,
source of light , sparker , spiculate , spill , spur , stars , straiten ,
strap , stricture , strop , subside , sun , tallow candle , tallow dip ,
taper off , tapering , thin , thin out , torch , unite , votary candle ,
wane , wax candle , weaken , whet , wick , wind down


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