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Tapered

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of taper.

adj. narrowing gradually towards a point

adj. lit with a taper

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Lighted with a taper or tapers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Lighted with tapers.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. becoming gradually narrower

Word Usage

"As the term tapered to an end, things went from bad to worse with her; and since, besides, the parting with Evelyn was at the door, she was often to be seen with red-rimmed eyelids, which she did not even try to conceal."

Equivalent

narrow

Verb Stem

taper

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

papered