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Another word for taper

taper Synonyms

taper

v.

narrow, lessen, thin out, thin down, reduce, whittle down, grow less, taper off; see also decrease 1, 2.

Antonyms increase*, thicken, expand.

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Another word for taper

noun

The act or process of decreasing:

abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown. See increase

verb

To grow or cause to grow gradually less.

Also used with off: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off). See increase

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The points should begin to taper 3 in.
The taper retards the motion of the water, which constantly decreases by overflow as it proceeds, whilst it continues to fill the feeder to the brim.
In width at its junction with the conductor, and it should taper gradually to the extremity, which should be i ft.
If now, after a few moments' interval to allow some air to diffuse into the cylinder, a taper again be applied, an explosion takes place, due to a mixture of carbon monoxide and air.
At daybreak he confessed to the priest, heard matins, and communicated in the mass, offering a taper and a piece of money stuck in it as near the lighted end as possible, the first " to the honour of God" and the second " to the honour of the person that makes him a knight."

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