Regularly narrowed towards the point; becoming small towards one end; conical; pyramidical; as taper fingers.
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2. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.
To diminish or become gradually smaller towards one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers towards a point.
To make gradually smaller in diameter.
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
To make or cause to taper.
Becoming regularly smaller in diameter towards one end; gradually diminishing towards a point.
Making gradually smaller.
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Narrowness. Thinness Roget’s Thesaurus §203
N. narrowness, closeness, exility, exiguity 7c, (little) 193, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip, streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness, tenuity, emaciation, macilency, marcor|, shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass, ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass, ravine, narrowing, coarctation, angustation, tapering, contraction
V. be narrow, narrow, taper, contract, render narrow, waste away
Adj. narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like, finespun, gossamer, paper-thin, taper, slim, slight-made, scant, scanty, spare, delicate, incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c. (expand ), slender as a thread, emaciated, lean, meager, gaunt, macilent, lank, lanky, weedy, skinny, scrawny slinky, starved, starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced, lantern-jawed, attenuated, shriveled, extenuated, tabid, marcid|, barebone, rawboned, monomolecular
Luminary Roget’s Thesaurus §423
N. luminary, light, flame, spark, scintilla, phosphorescence, fluorescence, sun, orb of day, phoebus, apollo, aurora, star, orb, meteor, falling star, shooting star, blazing star, dog star, sirius, canicula, aldebaran, constellation, galaxy, zodiacal light, anthelion, day star, morning star, lucifer, mock sun, parhelion, phosphor, phosphorus, sun dog|, venus, aurora, polar lights, northern lights, aurora borealis, southern lights, aurora australis, lightning, chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning, ball lightning, kugelblitz, phosphorus, yellow phosphorus, scintillator, phosphor, firefly luminescence, ignis fatuus, jack o'lantern, friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake, fata morgana, saint elmo's fire, glowworm, firefly, june bug, lightning bug, anglerfish, gas, gas light, lime light, lantern, lanthorn, dark lantern, bull's-eye, candle, bougie, taper, rushlight, oil, wick, burner, argand, moderator, duplex, torch, flambeau, link, brand, gaselier, chandelier, electrolier, candelabrum, candelabra, girandole, sconce, luster, candlestick, lamp, light, incandescent lamp, tungsten bulb, light bulb, flashlight, torch, arc light, laser, maser, neon bulb, neon sign, fluorescent lamp, filament, socket, contacts, filler gas, firework, fizgig, pyrotechnics, rocket, lighthouse
V. illuminate
Adj. self-luminous, glowing, phosphoric|, phosphorescent, fluorescent, incandescent, luminescent, chemiluminescent, radiant
Phr. "blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels", "the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky", "the planets in their station list'ning stood", "the scriptures of the skies", "that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from night"
No Bible verses found for "Taper".