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taper
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Verb
To diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end
To gradually lessen in amount or intensity
To become or make less wide
To give a point to
Noun
A slender wax candle
A gradual diminution of thickness or cross-section in an elongated object
A wedge used for various purposes
A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top
A portable means of illumination that is ignited with flame or fire
A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material
Adjective
Having a pointed or conical tip or top
Restricted or low in size or space
Types of
Types of sources of light or illumination
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▲
Verb
▲
To diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end
narrow
thin
attenuate
become narrower
become thin
thin out
become narrow
become thinner
thin down
come to a point
constrict
fine
straiten
make thinner
make thin
“All the tasting glasses came in the same shape, meaning that they
taper
towards the bottom.”
Verb
▲
To gradually lessen in amount or intensity
diminish
decrease
lessen
abate
dwindle
wane
moderate
lower
ease
decline
ebb
shrink
subside
fall
recede
reduce
relent
remit
pall
weaken
slacken
fade
contract
slump
plummet
drain
close
wilt
bate
de-escalate
drop off
taper off
let up
fall away
phase down
drain away
ratchet down
die down
peter out
tail off
fall off
die out
die away
wind down
die off
slacken off
trail off
thin out
trail away
phase out
thin down
drop
sink
attenuate
ease off
mitigate
temper
curtail
quell
alleviate
depreciate
curb
relax
lighten
decrement
downscale
cut
minimize
US
soften
cut down
flag
minimise
UK
plunge
cut back
wither
tone down
downsize
slash
droop
restrain
slow down
grow less
fade away
scale down
devaluate
go down
deplete
dry up
depress
evaporate
go downhill
clip
minify
melt away
ease up
nosedive
come to an end
degenerate
limit
roll back
settle
bring down
allay
deteriorate
assuage
trim
dampen
grow smaller
dip
wear away
wear down
rachet down
descend
subdue
erode
tumble
calm down
run low
slack off
quieten
dive
dent
slow
crash
check
decay
mark down
dial down
vanish
whittle down
knock down
drop away
shrivel
crumble
become smaller
pare down
take a nosedive
dilute
dull
impair
regress
fail
pare
calm
collapse
dissolve
restrict
take the edge off
trail
blur
step down
take down
quiet
waste
make cutbacks in
lose edge
narrow down
tail away
degrade
blunt
deaden
relieve
palliate
cheapen
mollify
dim
couch
ration
shave
disappear
extenuate
slake
cease
melt
stifle
slack
downturn
trim down
trim back
atrophy
terminate
crater
make less
make smaller
devalue
slope
rebate
get less
take the sting out
grow faint
take the bite out
become weak
waste away
round down
become less
cool off
settle down
become weaker
come to a stop
get smaller
go through the floor
quieten down
hit the floor
become lower
fall short
modify
peter
narrow
release
modulate
mute
damp
muffle
die
shorten
stop
finish
disengage
damp down
abase
squelch
smother
cushion
soothe
prune
abbreviate
retrench
turn down
dock
wear off
fizzle
repress
disintegrate
slip
take it easy
go downwards
get lower
cool
give way
evanesce
give in
lull
still
discount
retire
languish
decelerate
die away or out
die away or down
unlax
put a damper on
fade out
fizzle out
go easy
cut down on
be on the way out
draw to a close
cut back on
undervalue
relapse
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
slim down
be used up
level off
totter
lose
lapse
skid
drag
buckle
backslide
chill out
flop
run out
give out
deduct
write down
rein in
cool it
bow out
subtract
disgrade
demerit
drive down
write off
drop down
lose value
cave in
go into a tailspin
fold up
hit the dirt
decrease in value
tip over
break down
be precipitated
take a header
decline in price
axe
UK
ax
US
cast down
amortise
UK
downgrade
whittle
tighten
qualify
amortize
US
run down
thin
tame
desist
soft-pedal
come down
slack up
suppress
tranquilize
US
appease
tranquillise
UK
help
pacify
lenify
compose
placate
dissipate
quash
deflate
control
sweeten
undermine
benumb
mellow
sag
dispel
silence
extinguish
kill
go away
grow dim
put an end to
numb
sate
quench
smooth
sap
truncate
constrict
water down
abridge
cauterize
US
satisfy
mask
gentle
retrocede
banish
cauterise
UK
fall through
dulcify
buffer
regulate
obtund
ameliorate
grow weaker
break
halt
come to nothing
inhibit
put a lid on
comfort
pour oil on
get rid of
cut off
choke off
throw cold water on
make less intense
put damper on
break up
put the lid on
come to a halt
fall back
pour cold water on
flow back
dampen down
ease up on
disperse
hush
gutter
retrograde
commute
satiate
excuse
address
improve
lose strength
lose intensity
revise
desensitize
US
go
keep in check
adjust
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
rein
pipe down
faint
reduce the force of
gratify
end
clear
blanket
disable
put at rest
disempower
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
run dry
enervate
overcome
debilitate
become less intense
make reasonable
contain
close out
subjugate
anaesthetize
UK
lose ground
pass
enfeeble
gruntle
make weaker
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
defuse
fix up
take sting out
patch things up
rise above
cripple
anesthetize
US
play down
blow over
vitiate
hebetate
make fewer
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
loose
refresh
relaxed
desensitise
UK
worsen
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
offset
minimalize
rein back
temperate
scale back
take the heat off
balm
demote
falter
retrogress
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
smooth down
cause to fall
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
cool out
squash
miscarry
crush
become softer
become quieter
founder
sink lower
get quieter
get softer
bomb
brighten
bust
arrest
salve
cure
counteract
be deficient
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
console
vary
solace
dumb
censor
liss
interrupt
clam
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
prevent
aid
assist
keep down
put down
cut short
close up
clamp down on
crack down on
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
be insufficient
bring respite to
retard
bring an end to
take a load off
bring aid to
let up on
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
be ruined
strike out
delay
be lacking
detain
hinder
be inadequate
be found lacking
handicap
not come to ripeness
stunt
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
hold back
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
stay
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
choke
reef
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
more ❯
“The severity of symptoms will eventually
taper
off after two weeks.”
Verb
▲
To become or make less wide
narrow
constrict
contract
diminish
choke
compact
compress
condense
cramp
reduce
restrict
shrink
strangle
circumscribe
clench
collapse
confine
constringe
decrease
focus
limit
pinch
restrain
straiten
strangulate
tauten
tense
tighten
astringe
tuck
get smaller
make narrower
make smaller
become narrower
become smaller
draw in
get narrower
get thinner
narrow down
draw together
lose weight
slim down
slenderize
concentrate
squeeze
capsule
telescope
capsulize
fix on
zero in
centre on
UK
center on
US
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give a point to
point
sharpen
barb
edge
whet
cut
file
forge
grind
hone
put an edge on
acuminate
strop
stone
make sharp
dress
stroke
sharp
make acute
make sharper
put a point on
polish
finish
shine
burnish
furbish
gloss
smoothen
give an edge to
Noun
▲
A slender wax candle
candle
spill
bougie
wick
glim
dip
rushlight
flame
light
match
torch
night light
wax light
wax candle
sconce
flambeau
nightlight
cierge
rush
cake candle
rush light
tallow candle
votary candle
paschal candle
Christmas candle
birthday candle
rush candle
“As the wick flared and settled, she placed the
taper
in a silver holder to allow it to burn out of its own accord.”
Noun
▲
A gradual diminution of thickness or cross-section in an elongated object
narrowing
dwindling
thinning down
“But it is not this graceful
taper
of the spire alone that will attract one's notice.”
Noun
▲
A wedge used for various purposes
quoin
wedge
wodge
block
chunk
piece
section
slab
slice
sliver
spire
triangle
prong
shim
segment
lump
hunk
chock
cusp
cleat
solid piece
tapered piece
cotter
keystone
portion
bit
cake
mass
nugget
gob
knob
part
fragment
wad
gobbet
cube
clump
blob
bar
clod
brick
dollop
cut
division
nub
glob
nubble
ball
clot
chip
scrap
cluster
parcel
member
share
pat
dab
quantity
fraction
tablet
wafer
splinter
morsel
loaf
bite
subdivision
bump
mound
pile
bunch
stick
proportion
knot
flake
square
bulk
ingot
particle
crumb
shard
quota
end
allotment
partition
item
allowance
take
solid
snippet
lot
moiety
excrescence
excrescency
group
growth
length
spot
shaving
node
nodule
concentration
shred
sample
article
offcut
agglomeration
helping
pad
wadding
speck
remnant
grain
mouthful
mite
tranche
half
iota
sampling
smithereen
dole
branch
sector
department
amount
wing
component
subsection
part of something
bundle
joint
dod
large piece
clove
loads
batch
doorstep
plug
oblong
curl
roll
paring
splint
skelf
element
unit
tuft
cushion
ream
lining
spall
small piece
percentage
knurl
constituent
divvy
wood
support
bollard
batten
metal
spur
ingredient
spell
module
rake-off
break
gallet
spillikin
office
rasher
collop
round
escalope
hunch
scallop
fricandeau
scaloppina
doorstop
filler
compartment
meed
detail
instalment
UK
measure
installment
US
factor
corner
feature
side
atom
articulation
quantum
ration
apportionment
serving
chop
thin piece
strip
body
plate
coagulation
billet
stone
rod
muck
stave
cutting
board
boulder
more ❯
Noun
▲
A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top
fade
fade cut
low fade
high-top fade
taper fade
buzz fade
Noun
▲
A portable means of illumination that is ignited with flame or fire
torch
firebrand
brand
flambeau
flare
candle
cresset
lantern
link
flaming stick
Noun
▲
A long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material
ribbon
strip
band
slip
stripe
binding
tape
list
braid
banderole
filet
US
fillet
UK
bandeau
bow
cordon
decoration
length
streamer
stretch
tie
trimming
wrapping
bandage
string
belt
strap
line
rope
scarf
sash
cloth
swath
cord
thong
leash
whip
lash
harness
tether
lead
fastening
strop
lace
rein
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a pointed or conical tip or top
tapering
pointed
tapered
sharp
acuminate
conic
conical
lanceolate
pyramidal
wedged
acuminous
fusiform
lanceolar
pointy
conoid
acicular
mucronate
spired
cone-shaped
edged
piked
fine
arrowlike
sagittate
sagittal
spiky
cuspidate
acute
subulate
needle-like
aculeate
cusped
thin
thinning
narrowing
dwindling
funnel-shaped
cuspated
aciculated
cuspidated
diminished
strobilate
coned
infundibular
strobiloid
turbinate
conoidal
elongated
attenuated
shaped
peaked
tipped
aciculate
spiked
keen
jagged
barbed
pronged
cornered
spearlike
sharp-edged
spear-like
sharp-cornered
spear-shaped
wedge-shaped
V-shaped
cuspate
sharpened
whetted
honed
knifelike
needle-shaped
acute-angled
razor-sharp
razor-like
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Restricted or low in size or space
narrow
tight
close
limited
restricted
confined
compact
cramped
confining
constricted
congested
meagre
UK
squeezed
choked
circumscribed
compressed
incapacious
pinched
scanty
small
bounded
defined
definite
determinate
exiguous
finite
jammed
measured
scant
spare
sparse
tapered
tapering
tiny
contracted
incommodious
meager
US
narrowing
near
strait
straitened
fixed
paltry
pent
shrunken
narrow-gauged
inadequate
poky
minimal
slender
uncomfortable
little
delimited
thin
light
packed
negligible
slim
hemmed in
enclosed
shut in
constrained
curbed
crowded
bound
checked
insufficient
slight
poor
scarce
minute
narrowed
deficient
measly
skimpy
piddling
sparing
pathetic
stingy
modest
claustrophobic
flimsy
skimp
bare
hand-to-mouth
thin on the ground
demarcated
reduced
limitary
suffocating
stifling
restricting
wedged
airless
petty
short
terminable
encircled
closed
cramp
compassed
pitiful
miserable
boxy
restrained
hampered
kept
oppressive
jam-packed
stipulated
cell-like
bijou
puny
miserly
beggarly
tenuous
shabby
low
shallow
remote
frail
minuscular
outside
marginal
overcrowded
with no room to swing a cat
overfull
matchbox
nominal
off
faint
two-by-four
closed in
tucked up
tightly packed
jammed in
fragile
sketchy
thinning
mingy
too few
too small
too little
not enough
wanting
failing
rare
scrimpy
shy
in short supply
few and far between
barely sufficient
insubstantial
inconsiderable
inappreciable
insignificant
lacking
trifling
derisory
lean
few
mean
minimum
trivial
piffling
ungenerous
sporadic
scattered
infrequent
inconsequential
hard to come by
diminished
uncommon
weak
occasional
bereft
incomplete
at a premium
infinitesimal
mere
nugatory
barren
hard to find
poxy
imperceptible
depleted
unfinished
unusual
pitiable
picayune
destitute
dwindling
dinky
base
incommensurate
lowly
frugal
imperfect
bitty
middling
fractional
contemptible
unfrequent
like gold dust
subtle
piddly
irregular
scrimp
isolated
low in numbers
exceptional
subnormal
feeble
unproductive
unwonted
token
too little too late
semioccasional
minor
hardly any
not to be had
little or no
odd
straggling
out of the ordinary
not to be had for love nor money
vague
ordinary
intermittent
sorry
wretched
moderate
unaccustomed
uncustomary
atypical
unfruitful
infertile
lamentable
devoid
seldom
spasmodic
unsubstantial
incidental
stunted
dispersed
unsufficient
unique
unsatisfactory
stinted
economical
unorthodox
drained
mediocre
uncharacteristic
cut
patchy
smallish
out of the common
thinly distributed
unheard of
fragmentary
seldom met with
seldom seen
disappointing
worthless
niggling
valueless
lousy
deprived
despicable
out of gas
inferior
wispy
very little
missing
little bitty
on the small side
penurious
minuscule
rudimentary
basic
gentle
scrubby
laughable
lame
diffuse
truncated
threatened
shortened
short-handed
low on
short on
basal
parsimonious
junk
less
shoddy
set
faulty
partial
ineffectual
exhaustible
dry
not much
needed
next to none
next to no
unqualified
minus
unfitted
incapable
unample
incompetent
just
very
only
widely spaced
in the minority
seldom found
not making it
not hacking it
coming up short
scarcer than hen's teeth
run-down
unconsiderable
woeful
shoestring
sad
insipid
bush-league
short of
out of
at a low level
nothing more than
no more than
fair
erratic
plain
unlikely
aberrated
aberrant
average
abnormal
aperiodic
anomalous
episodic
discontinuous
casual
episodical
fitful
outré
median
medium
unexceptional
tolerable
extraordinary
periodical
periodic
rarefied
curious
temperate
austere
ascetic
spartan
simple
surprising
unconventional
unexpected
acceptable
passable
satisfactory
midsize
midsized
adequate
outlandish
unfamiliar
sometime
singular
stray
quirky
novel
intermediate
middle
divergent
imprecise
rough
once in a blue moon
special
distinct
hazy
as scarce as hens' teeth
unprecedented
fuzzy
untypical
unclear
exclusive
separate
fresh
unrepeatable
unrepeated
standout
superficial
way-out
one-off
without precedent
one of a kind
one and only
out-of-the-way
one-of-a-kind
cursory
perfunctory
wooly
US
outline
provisional
uncritical
coarse
depthless
woolly
UK
on the back of an envelope
more ❯
Types of
▲
Types of sources of light or illumination
light
lamp
torch
lantern
light source
bulb
spotlight
beacon
candle
bedside lamp
desk lamp
flashlight
floodlight
floor lamp
gaslight
headlamp
headlight
illuminant
sidelight
standard lamp
street light
table lamp
wall light
flambeau
flare
lighthouse
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