All taper synonyms
taΒ·per
T t noun taper
- incandescence β the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- candle β A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- lighthouse β a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lambency β the quality of being lambent.
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- fulgor β Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- bougie β a long slender semiflexible cylindrical instrument for inserting into body passages, such as the rectum or urethra, to dilate structures, introduce medication, etc
- flambeau β a flaming torch.
verb taper
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- offing β the state or fact of being off.
- fagged out β exhausted
- lay back β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- die off β a sudden, natural perishing of large numbers of a species, population, or community.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- offed β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- let it all hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- bant β string
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- lessen β to become less.
- deescalate β To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
- die away β If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
- de-escalate β to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- banted β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- acuminate β narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- cool it β If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
- banting β slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
- featherbed β A bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers.
- die down β If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- featherbedding β the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
- aways β to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
adjective taper
- lanceolar β (botany) lanceolate.
- incapacious β Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- wedged β having the shape of a wedge.