taper
Kelime Anlamı :
1. off gitgide azaltmak.
2. off gitgide azalıp son bulmak.
3. konik.
4. koniklik açısı.
5. sivrilen şey.
6. uca doğru incelmek.
7. sivrileşmek.
8. gittikçe inceltmek.
9. koniklik.
10. lâmba yakma fitili.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1.
A small or very slender candle.
2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
3. A source of feeble light.
4. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
5. A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
6. to become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
7. to diminish or lessen gradually. often used with off: the storm finally tapered off.
8. to make thinner or narrower at one end.
9. to make smaller gradually.
10. gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
3. A source of feeble light.
4. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
5. A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
6. to become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
7. to diminish or lessen gradually. often used with off: the storm finally tapered off.
8. to make thinner or narrower at one end.
9. to make smaller gradually.
10. gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
3. to make thinner or narrower at one end.
4. to diminish gradually.
5. one who operates a tape machine.
6. someone who works with tape or tapes.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
3. to make thinner or narrower at one end.
4. to diminish gradually.
5. one who operates a tape machine.
6. someone who works with tape or tapes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical.
2. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object.
4. to become gradually smaller toward one end.
5. to make or cause to taper.
2. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
3. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object.
4. to become gradually smaller toward one end.
5. to make or cause to taper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
long and becoming slenderer toward the point; becoming small toward one end.
2. diminished; reduced.
3. to become taper; become gradually slenderer; grow less in diameter; diminish in one direction.
4. to diminish; grow gradually less.
5. to spring up in or as in a tall, tapering form.
6. to stop slowly or by degrees; cease gradually.
7. to cause to taper; make gradually smaller, especially in diameter; cause to diminish toward a point.
8. A gradual decrease of power or capacity.
9. A candle, especially a very slender candle; any device for giving light by the agency of a wick coated with combustible matter.
10. tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; that which possesses a tapering form: as, the taper of a spire.
2. diminished; reduced.
3. to become taper; become gradually slenderer; grow less in diameter; diminish in one direction.
4. to diminish; grow gradually less.
5. to spring up in or as in a tall, tapering form.
6. to stop slowly or by degrees; cease gradually.
7. to cause to taper; make gradually smaller, especially in diameter; cause to diminish toward a point.
8. A gradual decrease of power or capacity.
9. A candle, especially a very slender candle; any device for giving light by the agency of a wick coated with combustible matter.
10. tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; that which possesses a tapering form: as, the taper of a spire.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
diminish gradually
2. a convex shape that narrows toward a point
3. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
4. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
5. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
6. give a point to
2. a convex shape that narrows toward a point
3. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
4. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
5. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
6. give a point to
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.