taper
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Is taper a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) A small light.broadly
2. (machining) Ellipsis of machine taper.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis
3. (figurative) Gradual reduction over time.Examples: "a drug taper"figuratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.Examples: "Though true cylinders without — within, the villainous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom."transitive
2. (intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.intransitive
3. (ambitransitive) To diminish gradually.Examples: "Current major clinical practice guidelines provide little support for clinicians wishing to help patients discontinue or taper antidepressants in terms of mitigating and managing withdrawal symptoms."ambitransitive
4. (intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.intransitive
noun (English)
1. (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
Definition source: Wiktionary