āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to taper
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āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŽā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to become smaller in size, amount, or number over time
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the project nears completion, the workload begins to taper.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to gradually reduce the thickness or width of something towards one end
Transitive: to taper sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The artist used a fine chisel to taper the marble block, sculpting it into a delicate, pointed finial.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻļāĻŽāĻž
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
02
āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
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āĻļāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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āĻļāĻā§āĻā§, āĻļāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tapered
tapering
tapering
taper
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
