"taper" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus and paper. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|taper}} Middle English taper, {{inh|en|ang|tapor||taper, candle, wick of a lamp}} Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|la|papyrus||papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle}} Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”), {{doublet|en|papyrus|paper|nocap=1}} doublet of papyrus and paper, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|tapar||taper}} Irish tapar (“taper”), {{cog|cy|tampr||a taper, torch}} Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”), {{cog|sa|तपती||(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats|tr=tápati}} Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”), {{l|en|tepid}} tepid Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} taper
  1. Tapered; narrowing to a point.
    Sense id: en-taper-en-adj-HyZun5sC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia] Forms: tapers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus and paper. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|taper}} Middle English taper, {{inh|en|ang|tapor||taper, candle, wick of a lamp}} Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|la|papyrus||papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle}} Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”), {{doublet|en|papyrus|paper|nocap=1}} doublet of papyrus and paper, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|tapar||taper}} Irish tapar (“taper”), {{cog|cy|tampr||a taper, torch}} Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”), {{cog|sa|तपती||(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats|tr=tápati}} Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”), {{l|en|tepid}} tepid Head templates: {{en-noun}} taper (plural tapers)
  1. A slender wax candle. Translations (slender wax candle): тънка свещичка (tǎnka sveštička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kærte [common-gender] (Danish), vokslys [neuter] (Danish), kaars (Dutch), kaarsje (Dutch), chandelle [feminine] (French), dünne Wachskerze [feminine] (German), Kerze [feminine] (German), Leuchterkerze [feminine] (German), λεπτό κερί (leptó kerí) [neuter] (Greek), vékony gyertya (Hungarian), smusso [masculine] (Italian), stoppino [masculine] (Italian), stearica [masculine] (Italian), taper (Middle English), akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí (Navajo), Taulchlicht [neuter] (Plautdietsch), то́нкая све́чка (tónkaja svéčka) [feminine] (Russian), све́чка (svéčka) [feminine] (Russian), vaxljus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-en:candle Disambiguation of 'slender wax candle': 95 0 0 3 1
  2. (by extension) A small light. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-wt1ZrF6D
  3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object. Translations (tapering form): versmalling (Dutch), kegelvorm (Dutch), kartio (Finnish), conicité [feminine] (French), effilage [masculine] (French), Verjüngung [feminine] (German), Kegel [masculine] (German), Abschrägung [feminine] (German), απολέπτυνση (apoléptynsi) [feminine] (Greek), κωνικότητα (konikótita) [feminine] (Greek), smusso [masculine] (Italian), conicità [feminine] (Italian), rastrematura [feminine] (Italian), rastremazione [feminine] (Italian), conicidade [feminine] (Portuguese), afunilamento [masculine] (Portuguese), суже́ние (sužénije) [neuter] (Russian), zúženie [neuter] (Slovak), kónický tvar [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-~eS0XclP Disambiguation of 'tapering form': 0 0 96 2 1
  4. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-QHYjiKZX
  5. A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-zYWaEisu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hag-taper, high taper, Luer taper, taper candle, taper pin, taperwise, time-taper
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia] Forms: tapers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: tape + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tape|er}} tape + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} taper (plural tapers)
  1. (weaving) One who operates a tape machine. Categories (topical): Weaving
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-6ybvXuzO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 0 3 2 8 57 2 1 1 1 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 6 2 1 3 4 12 38 6 4 2 3 19 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
  2. Someone who works with tape or tapes. Translations (one who works with tapes): teippaaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-noun-Yj0svWAD Disambiguation of 'one who works with tapes': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia] Forms: tapers [present, singular, third-person], tapering [participle, present], tapered [participle, past], tapered [past]
Rhymes: -eɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus and paper. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|taper}} Middle English taper, {{inh|en|ang|tapor||taper, candle, wick of a lamp}} Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|la|papyrus||papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle}} Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”), {{doublet|en|papyrus|paper|nocap=1}} doublet of papyrus and paper, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|tapar||taper}} Irish tapar (“taper”), {{cog|cy|tampr||a taper, torch}} Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”), {{cog|sa|तपती||(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats|tr=tápati}} Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”), {{l|en|tepid}} tepid Head templates: {{en-verb}} taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)
  1. (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end. Tags: transitive Translations (to make thinner or narrower at one end): заострям (zaostrjam) (Bulgarian), versmallen (Dutch), toespitsen (Dutch), suipentaa (Finnish), rétrécir (French), verschmälern (German), verjüngen (German), zuspitzen (German), abschrägen (German), abdrehen (German), anschrägen (German), λεπτύνω (leptýno) (Greek), affusolare (Italian), affilare (Italian), smussare (Italian), kōekoeko (Maori), заостря́ть (zaostrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сужа́ть (sužátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), утонча́ть (utončátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), придавать уклон (pridavatʹ uklon) (Russian), adelgazar (Spanish), avsmalna (Swedish), smalna av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-verb-aVuMyBOO Disambiguation of 'to make thinner or narrower at one end': 73 27 0 1
  2. (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become thinner or narrower at one end): заострям се (zaostrjam se) (Bulgarian), suipeta (Finnish), vékonyodik (Hungarian), elvékonyodik (Hungarian), keskenyedik (Hungarian), szűkül (Hungarian), csúcsosodik (Hungarian), сужаться (sužatʹsja) (Russian), утончаться (utončatʹsja) (Russian), давать уклон (davatʹ uklon) (Russian), сходить на клин (sxoditʹ na klin) (Russian), avsmalna (Swedish), smalna av (Swedish), зву́жуватися (zvúžuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-verb-g-2ATVAu Disambiguation of 'to become thinner or narrower at one end': 25 73 1 1
  3. (intransitive) To diminish gradually. Tags: intransitive Translations (to diminish gradually): изтънявам (iztǎnjavam) (Bulgarian), versmallen (Dutch), vähetä (Finnish), abnehmen (German), sich verjüngen (German), sich verengen (German), sich zuspitzen (German), spitz zulaufen (German), απολεπτύνομαι (apoleptýnomai) (Greek), αποξύνομαι (apoxýnomai) (Greek), fogyatkozik (Hungarian), csökken (Hungarian), halványul (Hungarian), elhalványul (Hungarian), assottigliare (Italian), kāwetoweto (Maori), hōiki (Maori), уменьшаться (alt: постепенно) (Russian), сходить на нет (sxoditʹ na net) (Russian), estrecharse (Spanish), avklinga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-verb-YmHAey~Z Disambiguation of 'to diminish gradually': 0 1 98 0
  4. (intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy. Tags: intransitive Translations (to tighten monetary policy): kiristää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-taper-en-verb-tNxVwnlo Disambiguation of 'to tighten monetary policy': 1 2 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: narrow Derived forms: taper off
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1813 August 13, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Isaac McPherson",
          "text": "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Change",
          "text": "Love used to carry a bow, you know,\nBut now he carries a taper;\nIt is either a length of wax aglow,\nOr a twist of lighted paper.",
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          "roman": "tǎnka sveštička",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "тънка свещичка"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kærte"
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          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vokslys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "word": "kaars"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "word": "kaarsje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chandelle"
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          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "dünne Wachskerze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Kerze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Leuchterkerze"
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          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "leptó kerí",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "λεπτό κερί"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "word": "vékony gyertya"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "smusso"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stoppino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stearica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "word": "taper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "word": "akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Taulchlicht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tónkaja svéčka",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "то́нкая све́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svéčka",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "све́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 0 0 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "slender wax candle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "vaxljus"
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        "A small light."
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A small light."
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "the taper of a spire",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Michael Ellis, Apollo Rises, page 15",
          "text": "Her hair hangs over her ears and flows to a taper at the back of her neck where it is held in place with a wide and circular black clasp.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-noun-~eS0XclP",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "word": "versmalling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "word": "kegelvorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "word": "kartio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conicité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "effilage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Verjüngung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kegel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abschrägung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apoléptynsi",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απολέπτυνση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "konikótita",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κωνικότητα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "smusso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conicità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rastrematura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rastremazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conicidade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "afunilamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sužénije",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "суже́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zúženie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 96 2 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "tapering form",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kónický tvar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-noun-QHYjiKZX",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "slow-burning",
          "slow-burning"
        ],
        [
          "wooden",
          "wooden"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing)."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-noun-zYWaEisu",
      "links": [
        [
          "gauge",
          "gauge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tapir"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg/En-us-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg/En-au-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taper"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taper off"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "taper"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English taper",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tapor",
        "4": "",
        "5": "taper, candle, wick of a lamp"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "papyrus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "papyrus\", used in Mediaeval times to mean \"wick of a candle"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin papyrus (“papyrus\", used in Mediaeval times to mean \"wick of a candle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "papyrus",
        "3": "paper",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of papyrus and paper",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "tapar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "taper"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish tapar (“taper”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "tampr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a taper, torch"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तपती",
        "3": "",
        "4": "(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats",
        "tr": "tápati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tepid"
      },
      "expansion": "tepid",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus\", used in Mediaeval times to mean \"wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus and paper. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To make thinner or narrower at one end."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-verb-aVuMyBOO",
      "links": [
        [
          "thinner",
          "thinner"
        ],
        [
          "narrower",
          "narrower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaostrjam",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "заострям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "versmallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "toespitsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "suipentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "rétrécir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "verschmälern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "verjüngen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "zuspitzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "abschrägen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "abdrehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "anschrägen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "leptýno",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "λεπτύνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "affusolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "affilare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "smussare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "kōekoeko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaostrjátʹ",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заостря́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sužátʹ",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сужа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utončátʹ",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "утонча́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pridavatʹ uklon",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "придавать уклон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "adelgazar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "avsmalna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "smalna av"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To become thinner or narrower at one end."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-verb-g-2ATVAu",
      "links": [
        [
          "thinner",
          "thinner"
        ],
        [
          "narrower",
          "narrower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaostrjam se",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "заострям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "suipeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "vékonyodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "elvékonyodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "keskenyedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "szűkül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "csúcsosodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sužatʹsja",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "сужаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utončatʹsja",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "утончаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "davatʹ uklon",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "давать уклон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxoditʹ na klin",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "сходить на клин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "avsmalna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "word": "smalna av"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 73 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvúžuvatysja",
          "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зву́жуватися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To diminish gradually."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-verb-YmHAey~Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminish",
          "diminish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To diminish gradually."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "iztǎnjavam",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "изтънявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "versmallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "vähetä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "abnehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "sich verjüngen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "sich verengen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "sich zuspitzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "spitz zulaufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apoleptýnomai",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "απολεπτύνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apoxýnomai",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "αποξύνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "fogyatkozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "csökken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "halványul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "elhalványul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "assottigliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "kāwetoweto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "hōiki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "alt": "постепенно",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "уменьшаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxoditʹ na net",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "сходить на нет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "estrecharse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to diminish gradually",
          "word": "avklinga"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "(of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy."
      ],
      "id": "en-taper-en-verb-tNxVwnlo",
      "links": [
        [
          "monetary policy",
          "monetary policy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to tighten monetary policy",
          "word": "kiristää"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2005, Michael Ellis, Apollo Rises, page 15",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tǎnka sveštička",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "тънка свещичка"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kærte"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vokslys"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "word": "kaars"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "word": "kaarsje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chandelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dünne Wachskerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leuchterkerze"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leptó kerí",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λεπτό κερί"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "word": "vékony gyertya"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smusso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stoppino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stearica"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "word": "taper"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "word": "akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Taulchlicht"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tónkaja svéčka",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "то́нкая све́чка"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svéčka",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "све́чка"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slender wax candle",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vaxljus"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "tapering form",
      "word": "versmalling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "word": "kegelvorm"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "word": "kartio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "conicité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effilage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verjüngung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abschrägung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoléptynsi",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rastrematura"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "conicidade"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afunilamento"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sužénije",
      "sense": "tapering form",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "суже́ние"
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        "To make thinner or narrower at one end."
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          "thinner"
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          "narrower"
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        "(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end."
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        "To become thinner or narrower at one end."
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          "narrower"
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        "To diminish gradually."
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          "diminish"
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        "(intransitive) To diminish gradually."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "(intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy."
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      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-eɪpə(ɹ)"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaostrjam",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "заострям"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "versmallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "toespitsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "suipentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "rétrécir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "verschmälern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "verjüngen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "zuspitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "abschrägen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "abdrehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "anschrägen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leptýno",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "λεπτύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "affusolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "affilare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "smussare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "kōekoeko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaostrjátʹ",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заостря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sužátʹ",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сужа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utončátʹ",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "утонча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridavatʹ uklon",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "придавать уклон"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "adelgazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "avsmalna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "smalna av"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaostrjam se",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "заострям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "suipeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "vékonyodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "elvékonyodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "keskenyedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "szűkül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "csúcsosodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sužatʹsja",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "сужаться"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utončatʹsja",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "утончаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "davatʹ uklon",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "давать уклон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxoditʹ na klin",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "сходить на клин"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "avsmalna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "word": "smalna av"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvúžuvatysja",
      "sense": "to become thinner or narrower at one end",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зву́жуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztǎnjavam",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "изтънявам"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "versmallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "vähetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "abnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "sich verjüngen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "sich verengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "sich zuspitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "spitz zulaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoleptýnomai",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "απολεπτύνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoxýnomai",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "αποξύνομαι"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "fogyatkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "csökken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "halványul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "elhalványul"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "assottigliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "kāwetoweto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "hōiki"
    },
    {
      "alt": "постепенно",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "уменьшаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxoditʹ na net",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "сходить на нет"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "estrecharse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to diminish gradually",
      "word": "avklinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to tighten monetary policy",
      "word": "kiristää"
    }
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      "expansion": "Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tepid"
      },
      "expansion": "tepid",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus\", used in Mediaeval times to mean \"wick of a candle”). If so, it is a doublet of papyrus and paper. Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "taper",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tapered; narrowing to a point."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tapir"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg/En-us-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg/En-au-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taper"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪpə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tape",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "tape + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "tape + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tapers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "taper (plural tapers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Weaving"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who operates a tape machine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weaving",
          "weaving#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weaving) One who operates a tape machine."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles",
        "weaving"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who works with tape or tapes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪpɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪpə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tapir"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg/En-us-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-us-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-taper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg/En-au-taper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/En-au-taper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who works with tapes",
      "word": "teippaaja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "taper"
}

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