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Meaning:
Noun:
- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
- weaving One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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Verb:
- intransitive To diminish gradually.
- transitive To make thinner or narrower at one end.
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