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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. A slender wax candle.
2. (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
3. (by extension) A small light.
4. Someone who works with tape or tapes.
5. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
6. The portion of an object with such a form.
7. (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.
8. A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
9. A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
10. (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
2. (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.
3. (ambitransitive) To diminish gradually.
4. (intransitive, finance, of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.

Adjektiivi

1. Tapered; narrowing to a point.