For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
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Taper
//ˈteɪpə//
Synonyms for "taper" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
lampwicklanternlessenlet uplightlight bulblight sourcelighterlimitluminantluminarymatchmeetmoonnarrow the gapnarrowingnipoilstonepeter outpinch
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Translations
118 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- тънка свещичка noun (slender wax candle)
- заострям verb (to make thinner or narrower at one end)
- заострям се verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
- изтънявам verb (to diminish gradually)
Danish
2 entries- kærte noun (slender wax candle)
- vokslys noun (slender wax candle)
Dutch
4 entries- kaars noun (slender wax candle)
- kaarsje noun (slender wax candle)
- kegelvorm noun (tapering form)
- versmalling noun (tapering form)
Finnish
4 entries- kartio noun (tapering form)
- teippaaja noun (one who works with tapes)
- kiristää verb (to tighten monetary policy)
- suipentaa verb (to make thinner or narrower at one end)
French
4 entries- chandelle noun (slender wax candle)
- conicité noun (tapering form)
- effilage noun (tapering form)
- rétrécir verb (to make thinner or narrower at one end)
German
4 entries- Abschrägung noun (tapering form)
- Kegel noun (tapering form)
- Kerze noun (slender wax candle)
- Leuchterkerze noun (slender wax candle)
Greek
4 entries- αγιοκέρι noun (slender wax candle)
- απολέπτυνση noun (tapering form)
- κωνικότητα noun (tapering form)
- λεπτό κερί noun (slender wax candle)
Hungarian
4 entries- vékony gyertya noun (slender wax candle)
- csökken verb (to diminish gradually)
- csúcsosodik verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
- elhalványul verb (to diminish gradually)
Italian
4 entries- conicità noun (tapering form)
- rastrematura noun (tapering form)
- rastremazione noun (tapering form)
- smusso noun (slender wax candle)
Malay
2 entries- runcing verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
- runjung verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
Middle English
1 entries- taper noun (slender wax candle)
Māori
4 entries- hoka verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
- hōiki verb (to diminish gradually)
- kāwetoweto verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
- kāwetoweto verb (to diminish gradually)
Navajo
1 entries- akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí noun (slender wax candle)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Taulchlicht noun (slender wax candle)
Portuguese
2 entries- afunilamento noun (tapering form)
- conicidade noun (tapering form)
Russian
4 entries- све́чка noun (slender wax candle)
- суже́ние noun (tapering form)
- то́нкая све́чка noun (slender wax candle)
- давать уклон verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
Slovak
2 entries- kónický tvar noun (tapering form)
- zúženie noun (tapering form)
Spanish
2 entries- adelgazar verb (to make thinner or narrower at one end)
- estrecharse verb (to diminish gradually)
Swedish
4 entries- avsmalning noun (tapering form)
- insnävning noun (tapering form)
- tapering noun (tapering form)
- vaxljus noun (slender wax candle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зву́жуватися verb (to become thinner or narrower at one end)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill.
Source: tatoeba (5681901)
He needed to taper off venlafaxine.
Source: tatoeba (11281026)
She dissolved like a taper.
Source: tatoeba (12678119)
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