taper: význam a definície

A small or very slender candle.

A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.

A source of feeble light.

A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.

A gradual decrease, as in action or force.

To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.

To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.

To make thinner or narrower at one end.

To make smaller gradually.

Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.