verb · transitive · rare

taper

taper · tapers · tapered · tapering

звужуватися

сходить на нет, придавать уклон, сходить на клин, давать уклон

abnehmen, abdrehen, verjüngen, zuspitzen

To make thinner or narrower at one endTo make thinner or narrower at one end.

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UK/ˈteɪpə/US/ˈteɪpɚ/

» He tapered off to one cigarette a day.

Er reduzierte sich auf eine Zigarette pro Tag. — tokyomews

Он снизил потребление до одной сигареты в день. — Hellerick

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Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To make thinner or narrower at one end.
verschmälern, verjüngen, zuspitzen
заостря́тьzaostrjátʹ, сужа́тьsužátʹ, утонча́тьutončátʹ
(intransitive)To become thinner or narrower at one end.
сужатьсяsužatʹsja, утончатьсяutončatʹsja, давать уклонdavatʹ uklon
зву́жуватисяzvúžuvatysja
(ambitransitive)To diminish gradually.
abnehmen, sich verjüngen, sich verengen
уменьшаться, сходить на нетsxoditʹ na net
diminish gradually
(intransitive)To tighten monetary policy.

Examples

10 sentences

He tapered off to one cigarette a day.
ruОн снизил потребление до одной сигареты в день. — Hellerick
deEr reduzierte sich auf eine Zigarette pro Tag. — tokyomews
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Mary has delicate pale tapering hands.
terrywallwork · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He needed to taper off venlafaxine.
deEr musste Venlafaxin allmählich absetzen. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I want it tapered in the back.
Zifre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
A single taper lit the entire room.
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to become thinner or narrower at one end:

Русский

By meaning 3

to make thinner or narrower at one end:

to become thinner or narrower at one end:

to diminish gradually:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make thinner or narrower at one end:

to diminish gradually:

Origin

From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of un

From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”); If so, it is a doublet of papyrus; but compare Old French taper (“taper, slender candle or light”). Alternatively, of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”); further compare Sanskrit तपती (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat, is hot; (it) heats”). More at tepid. First attested before the 12th c.

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