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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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