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to taper
01
to become smaller in size, amount, or number over time
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
taper
3rd person singular
tapers
Present participle
tapering
Past simple
tapered
Past participle
tapered
Examples
By the end of the year, the energy consumption will have tapered due to the installation of energy-efficient systems.
02
to gradually reduce the thickness or width of something towards one end
Transitive: to taper sth
Examples
The carpenter carefully tapered the edges of the wooden dowel to create a sharp point for the arrow.
Taper
01
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
tapers
02
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
03
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
04
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
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