taper

  • 31taper — [OE] Taper is ultimately the same word as paper. Both go bach to Latin papyrus ‘papyrus’. This was used among other things for a ‘candlewick made from papyrus’, and hence for a ‘candle’. It seems to have been borrowed in this sense into Old… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32taper — /ˈteɪpə / (say taypuh) verb (i) 1. to become gradually slenderer towards one end. 2. to grow gradually lean. 3. Sport to enter into a period of taper: to taper for a marathon. –verb (t) 4. to make gradually smaller towards one end. 5. to reduce… …

  • 33taper — [OE] Taper is ultimately the same word as paper. Both go bach to Latin papyrus ‘papyrus’. This was used among other things for a ‘candlewick made from papyrus’, and hence for a ‘candle’. It seems to have been borrowed in this sense into Old… …

    Word origins

  • 34taper — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 35Taper — Ta|per [ teipə] der; s, <aus gleichbed. engl. taper> Verbindungselement zwischen unterschiedlichen Lichtwellenleitern (Elektrot.) …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 36taper — sb. RG. 456, 534. AS. taper …

    Oldest English Words

  • 37taper — verb 1》 diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end. 2》 (taper off) gradually lessen. noun a slender candle. ↘a wick coated with wax, used for conveying a flame. Origin OE, dissimilated form (by alt. of p to t ) of L. papyrus (see papyrus),… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38taper — I. n. Light, small candle, bougie. II. a. Conical, pyramidal, tapering. III. v. a. Make taper, make conical. IV. v. n. Take a conical form, have a conical shape …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39taper — verb 1) the leaves taper at the tip Syn: narrow, thin (out), come to a point, attenuate Ant: thicken, swell 2) the meetings soon tapered off Syn: decrease, lessen …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 40taper — v 1. narrow, thin, diminish, come to a point, contract, constrict, compress. 2. taper off diminish, decrease, Inf. peter out, ebb, wane, fade, dwindle; lessen, attenuate, slacken, let up, abate, bate; dissipate, blow away, evanesce, go up in… …

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