Tapered vs. Taper
Taperedverb
simple past tense and past participle of taper
Tapernoun
A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
Taperedadjective
Narrowing gradually towards a point.
Tapernoun
(by extension) a small light.
Taperedadjective
(obsolete) Lit with a taper.
Tapernoun
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
‘the taper of a spire’; ‘The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.’;
Taperedadjective
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir.
Tapernoun
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
Taperedadjective
gradually narrowed toward a point;
‘a tall tapering spire’;
Tapernoun
(weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
Taperedadjective
becoming gradually narrower;
‘long tapering fingers’; ‘trousers with tapered legs’;
Tapernoun
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
Taperverb
(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
Taperverb
(intransitive) To diminish gradually.
Taperadjective
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
Tapernoun
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
‘Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.’;
Tapernoun
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taperadjective
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Taperverb
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taperverb
To make or cause to taper.
Tapernoun
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
Tapernoun
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
Tapernoun
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
Tapernoun
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
Taperverb
diminish gradually;
‘Interested tapered off’;
Taperverb
give a point to;
‘The candles are tapered’;
