"taper" meaning in All languages combined

See taper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [UK], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia] Forms: taper [singular], tapers [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A taper is a slender candle.
    Sense id: simple-taper-en-noun-7BFUHM0o

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈteɪpə/ [UK], /ˈteɪpɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-taper.ogg [US], en-au-taper.ogg [Australia] Forms: taper [canonical], tapers [third-person, singular], tapered [past], tapered [past, participle], tapering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you taper something, you make it thinner or narrower at one end.
    Sense id: simple-taper-en-verb-vtwP1TxA
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