transitive. To reduce gradually and regularly in breadth or thickness in one direction; to make tapering.
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| 释义 | the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (transitive)] (6) taper1675 transitive. To reduce gradually and regularly in breadth or thickness in one direction; to make tapering. to thin off, down1793 transitive. To make thin; to reduce in thickness or depth; to spread or draw out in a thin layer or thread. to thin off, down: to diminish… snape1794 transitive. To cause or make to taper; spec. in Shipbuilding (see quot. 1846). to tail off (out)1827 transitive. To cause to fall away gradually towards the end; to taper off. Subcategories:— the edge (2) |
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