Thesaurus: taper

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1. n. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
2. n. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
3. a. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
4. v. i. To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
5. v. t. To make or cause to taper.
6. n. a convex shape that narrows toward a point
7. n. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
8. n. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
9. n. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
10. v. diminish gradually
11. v. give a point to
12. 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. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers. To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. To make or cause to taper.