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Meanings of taper in English

Portuguese
vela
Catalan
espelma
Spanish
vela

Stick of wax with a wick in the middle.

vela
Portuguese
afiar
Catalan
afilar
Spanish
ahusar

Give a point to.

Related terms
afiar
Portuguese
mecha
Catalan
ble

A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.

mecha
Usage of taper in English
1
This sets the stage for an easy start to taper in December.
Reuters
2
Only one taper burned in the third chamber; there were no windows.
Fifty-One Tales
3
Thank a calm euro zone and the prospect of a Fed taper.
Reuters
4
Objectives: To determine which factors were associated with oliguria during HC taper.
Pubmed
5
The image of the taper and the torch recurred to her mind.
The Garden of Allah
6
That probably means the Fed will not announce a taper in December.
Reuters
7
In fact, the watch bands taper downward specifically to avoid wider-than-necessary dimensions.
The Verge
8
The light came from a taper which was burning in one corner.
Les Misérables
9
World financial markets are on tenterhooks over when the Fed will taper.
Reuters
10
Maître Voigt lighted a taper, and led the way into the room.
No Thoroughfare
11
But then Lily was in truth no such slight taper as that.
The Small House at Allington
12
Of the remains of the fatal taper I had myself carefully disposed.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
13
While the wick of the taper was burning up, he listened again.
Hide and Seek
14
The drooping fingers of the Saviour taper delicately, with long almond-shaped nails.
Correggio / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of t...
15
He took the taper from her hand, and turned to light it.
Home Again
16
The modern wax-taper is an evolutionary form of this type of light-source.
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
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Translations for taper
Portuguese
velaafiarmecha
Taper through the time
Taper across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common