taper
US: /ˈteɪpɝ/
UK: /tˈeɪpɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
taper /'teipə/- danh từ
- cây nến nhỏ
- cây nến nhỏ
- tính từ
- vuốt, thon, nhọn, búp măng
- taper fingers: ngón tay búp măng
- vuốt, thon, nhọn, búp măng
- động từ
- vuốt thon, thon hình búp măng
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
to become gradually narrower; to make sth become gradually narrower: [V] The tail tapered to a rounded tip. + She had long tapering fingers. + [VN] The pots are wide at the base and tapered at the top.
Phrasal Verbs: taper off to become gradually less in number, amount, degree, etc: The number of applicants for teaching posts has tapered off.
taper sth<->off to make sth become gradually less in number, amount, degree, etc: They are gradually tapering off production of the older models.
+ noun
1 a long thin piece of wood, paper, etc. that is used for lighting fires or lamps: She lit the gas with a taper.
2 a long thin candle
3 [usually sing.] the way that sth gradually decreases in shape or size
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 narrow (down), thin, diminish, come or go down:
Note how the trousers taper towards the ankles.
2 Often, taper off. diminish, reduce, thin out, wind down, decrease, fade, lessen, peter out, fall off, wane, subside, let up, slacken, die away or down or off or out, decline, slow (down or up), weaken, abate, ebb, slump, drop (off), fall (off), plummet:
Sales of ice skates can be expected to taper off during the summer.
Concise dictionary
tapers|tapered|tapering'teɪpə(r)noun
+a convex shape that narrows toward a point
+the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
+a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
+stick of wax with a wick in the middle
verb
+diminish gradually
+give a point to
