Taper

Noun

 * 1) A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
 * 2) 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.

Derived terms

 * taperwise

Verb

 * 1)  To make thinner or narrower at one end.
 * 2)  To diminish gradually.

Derived terms

 * taper off

Noun

 * 1)  One who operates a tape machine.
 * 2) Someone who works with tape or tapes.

Adjectives for Taper
glimmering; gleaming; beaming; midnight; waxen; burning; sickly; flickering; tall; graceful; slender.

Verbs for Taper
glut with—s; obscure—; quench—; snuff out—; —beams; —diffuses; —flames; — flares; —flickers; —flutters; —gleams; — glimmers; —glows; —gutters; —illumi¬nates; —radiates; —scintillates; —shadows; —twinkles.

Thesaurus
abate, aculeate, acuminate, approach, barb, bate, bayberry candle, bougie, brand, butane lighter, candle, candlewick, center, centralize, cigarette lighter, close, close in, close up, close with, coarctation, come down, come together, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, confine, constrict, constriction, contract, contraction, converge, corpse candle, cuspidate, decline, decrease, diminish, dip, draw in, drop off, dwindle, ebb, edge, electric light bulb, fade, fall in with, fall off, farthing dip, file, fire, firebrand, flambeau, flame, flint, flint and steel, funnel, glim, go down, go in, grind, hone, igniter, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, intersect, lamp, lampwick, lantern, lessen, let up, light, light bulb, light source, lighter, limit, luminant, luminary, match, meet, moon, narrow, narrow the gap, narrowing, nip, oilstone, peter out, pinch, plummet, point, portfire, reduce, reset, restrict, run together, rush candle, rushlight, set, sharpen, slacken, slow down, slow up, slump, snape, source of light, sparker, spiculate, spill, spur, stars, straiten, strap, stricture, strop, subside, sun, tallow candle, tallow dip, taper off, tapering, thin, thin out, torch, unite, votary candle, wane, wax candle, weaken, whet, wick, wind down

Etymology 1
From tapor:, apparently from  papyrus:

Noun

 * Danish:, vokslys
 * French:


 * German: dünne Wachskerze
 * Greek: λιανοκέρι, αγιοκέρι


 * German: Verjüngung


 * Greek: απολέπτυνση, κωνικότητα

Verb

 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Greek: απολεπτύνω


 * Finnish: suipontua


 * Greek: απολεπτύνομαι, αποξύνομαι

Anagrams

 * apert
 * apter
 * pater
 * petra, Petra
 * prate
 * trape

Verb

 * 1)  to slap, knock, beat
 * 2)  to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
 * 3)  to hit, beat, rap (sur on)
 * 4)  to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
 * 5)  to stink, pong, reek
 * 6)  to put away (a meal etc.)
 * 7)  to fuck have sex

Etymology
From an onomatopoeic root + -er:.

Derived terms

 * tapable
 * tape-à-l'œil
 * tapeur


 * tapeuse
 * tapure

Anagrams

 * parte, pâtre, prêta, tarpé

Noun

 * 1) a loser

Related terms

 * tapar (Nynorsk)

Noun

 * 1) Indefinite plural of tape

Verb

 * 1) Present tense of tape (to lose)
 * 2)  present tense of tape (to tape)

Verb

 * 1) present tense of tape (to lose)