Taper

Definitions

1. One who operates a tape machine.
2. A slender wax candle.
3. Someone who works with tape or tapes.
4. A small light.
   broadly
5. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
6. The portion of an object with such a form.
7. Ellipsis of machine taper.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
8. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
9. A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
10. Gradual reduction over time.
    figuratively

Equivalents

20 more languages

العربيةالإستدقاق

Bosanskifitiljфитиљ

Danskkærte

Ελληνικάαγιοκέρικερίκωνικότηταλεπτό κερίλεπτύνω+ 2 more

Suomikartiokiristääsuipentaasuipetavähetä+ 2 more

Gàidhligsoillsean

Hrvatskifitiljфитиљ

Magyarcsökkenfogyatkozikhalványulkeskenyedikszűkül+ 2 more

Bahasa Indonesiataper

Italianoaffilareaffusolareassottigliareconicitàrastrematurarastremazionesmussaresmussostearicastoppino+ 7 more

한국어양초

Latinafunale

Te Reo Māorihoka

Bahasa Melayuruncing

Nederlandskaarskaarsjekegelvormtoespitsenversmallenversmalling+ 3 more

Portuguêsafunilamentoconicidade

Русскийдавать уклонзаострятьпридавать уклонсвечкасужатьсужа́тьсясуже́ниесходить на клинсходить на нетто́нкая све́чкауменьша́тьсяутончатьутончаться+ 10 more

Српскиfitiljфитиљ

Svenskaavklingaavsmalnaavsmalningavtaförminskainsnävningminskasmalna avtaperataperingvaxljus+ 8 more

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Examples

“Strike⟳ on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]”

“Take⟳ not away the Taper, leaue it burning:”

“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light⟳ without darkening me.”

“The red glare of the tapers flung a strange unnatural hue on the painted windows of the little Gothic chapel, where none slept save⟳ the noble of name⟳, and the high of blood—purple and crimson, the colours mingled together in fantastic combinations, till the rainbow-hued figures seemed to move⟳ with supernatural life.”

“Love⟳ used to carry⟳ a bow, you know⟳, But now he carries a taper; It is either a length of wax aglow, Or a twist⟳ of lighted paper.”

“the taper of a spire”

“The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.”

“Her hair hangs over her ears and flows to a taper at the back of her neck where it is held in place⟳ with a wide and circular black clasp.”

“ensuring the cleanliness of the taper of a machine tool spindle or of a tool shank”

“a drug taper”

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