1) Acuminate 2) Any feeble light 3) Attenuate 4) Become narrow 5) Become narrower 6) Bring to a point 7) Candle 8) Candle lighter 9) Candle type 10) Certain candle 11) Come to a head 12) Come to a point 13) Come to a point gradually 14) Come to the point 15) Concert bootlegger 16) Convex shape 17) Convexity
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1) Acuminate 2) Candle 3) Candlewick 4) Chandlery 5) Narrow 6) Pointedness 7) Rushlight 8) Thin 9) Unpointedness 10) Vcr
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- a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
- a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
- stick of wax with a wick in the middle
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small wax candle
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• (v. t.) To make or cause to taper. • (n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. • (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. • (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire. • (a.) Regu...
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An area in a body of water that slopes toward deeper depths.
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Taper candles are tall, skinny candles that require a special fitting taper candle holder. They are either made in a mold, or they can be made by the traditional method of dipping a length of wick into hot molten wax. Another method is to roll a sheet of beeswax around a wick, forming a taper. The most common size is 1/2 or 7/8 inch in diameter an...
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Taper candles are tall, skinny candles that require a special fitting taper candle holder. They are either made in a mold, or they can be made by the traditional method of dipping a length of wick into hot molten wax. Another method is to roll a sheet of beeswax around a wick, forming a taper. The most common size is 1/2 or 7/8 inch in diameter an...
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Reducing gradually in width or diameter
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A piece of wood that has been cut so that it is wider on one edge than the other.
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Ta'per adjective [ Supposed to be from
taper , noun , in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as,
taper fingers.
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Ta'per intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tapered ;
present participle & verbal noun Tapering .] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
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Ta'per noun [ Anglo-Saxon
tapur ,
tapor ,
taper ; confer Ir.
tapar , W.
tampr .]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. « Get me a
taper in my study, Lucius.»
Shak. 2. A tapering form; ...
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Ta'per transitive verb To make or cause to taper.
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a small diameter at one end of part, for instance: tapered piston or taper cylinder bore.
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Reducing your mileage several days to three weeks before an important race to ensure peak performance on race day
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A taper is a slender wax candle. The term is often used for a long wax coated or wooden wick used to light candles or fires at a safe distance.
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A digital signal processing function that fades a sound in or out between two points. Tapering permanently modifies a sound.
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point verb give a point to; `The candles are tapered`
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noun the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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Runners usually cut back mileage (or taper) one day to three weeks (depending on race distance) before a big race. Tapering helps muscles rest so that they are ready for peak performance on race day.
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The change in wind turbine blade width (chord) along the length.
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The final recovery phase of a training plan before an end-of-season championship meet. During taper, the swimmer reduces the intensity and length of workouts in the weeks or days leading into an important race. This allows the body to fully recover, or repair itself, from the training of the previous weeks and months. Some athletes will taper only ...
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Passive protection with one end wider than the other, so that it wedges into cracks. See chocks, nuts.
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[SAT terms] diminish gradually
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