0 to become gradually narrower at one end, or to make something do this: --
1 to gradually become less in amount, or to make something do this: --
2 a very thin candle or a very thin strip of wood, used especially in the past for lighting candles, fires, etc. --
However, these bars were finely made, tapered at one end, and had striations on their surfaces; several were coated with red pigment on their ends.
Generally, the fibres appeared elongated and tapered at both ends.
There are several points here where the thickness of description tapers away beyond the immediate sphere of the theatre.
If the window is tapered to zero at either end, this problem is eliminated, but such modification is at the expense of frequency resolution.
The ovipositor complex, consisting of the stylets and the sheath, tapered towards the tip.
During the following months, these levels gradually tapered down to finally reach normal levels by the 18th month post-tiansplant.
Since the failure began to regress after 5 days of age, we tapered the dosage of cathecolamines.
Pygidial axis tapered backward, nearly reaching border furrow.
