taper
/ˈteɪpɚ/ verbo C2En español: adelgazar, estrecharse
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To become thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
- To tighten monetary policy.
He/she/it tapers · Pasado tapered · Participio pasado tapered · Forma en -ing tapering
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- taper
- He/she/it
- tapers
- Pasado
- tapered
- Participio pasado
- tapered
- Forma en -ing
- tapering
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
A small taper on the edge of the table shed a feeble light which sufficed to show me that he was fully dressed.
From this he took a paper, and returning to his seat he flattened it out beside the taper on the edge of the table, and began to study it with minute attention.
The taper was still on the table, and by its light I glanced to see what the paper was which Brunton had taken from the bureau.
We left her standing upon the thin peninsula of firm, peaty soil which tapered out into the widespread bog.
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