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Showing words for TAPERED using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Tapered

adepter, padtree, predate, readept, retaped, tapered

6 Letter Words for Tapered

atrede, depart, derate, drapet, pardee, parted, pedate, petard, prated, reaped, redate, repeat, retape, teared, traped

5 Letter Words for Tapered

adeep, adept, adret, apert, apted, apter, arede, arete, dater, deare, derat, detar, deter, drape, drate, dreep, eared, eater, erade, erept, etape, padre, parde, pared, parte, pated, patee, peare, peart, peert, perea, petar, peter, petre, prate, preed, preta, raped, rated, reate, repad, taped, taper, tarde, tared, teade, teaed, terap, trade, trape, tread, treed

4 Letter Words for Tapered

adet, aped, aper, ared, aret, arte, ated, daer, dare, dart, date, dear, deep, deer, deet, depa, depe, depr, dept, dere, drap, drat, dree, eard, edea, erat, ered, pard, pare, part, patd, pate, pear, peat, peda, peed, peer, pere, pert, peta, pete, prad, prat, pred, pree, pret, rade, rape, rapt, rate, read, reap, rede, reed, reet, rept, retd, rete, tade, taed, tape, tare, tarp, tead, teap, tear, teed, teer, tepa, tepe, tera, terp, trad, trap, tree

3 Letter Words for Tapered

ade, adp, aer, ape, apr, apt, ard, are, art, ate, atp, dae, dap, dar, dat, dea, dee, dep, der, det, dpt, ead, ear, eat, edp, eer, epa, era, erd, ere, ert, eta, pad, par, pat, pea, ped, pee, per, pet, pre, pta, pte, rad, rap, rat, rea, red, ree, rep, rpt, rte, tad, tap, tar, tdr, tea, ted, tee, ter, tpd, tra, trp

Definitions for Tapered

[1] to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
[2] to grow gradually lean.
[3] to make gradually smaller toward one end.
[4] to reduce gradually.
[5] gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
[6] gradual decrease of force, capacity, etc.
[7] anything having a tapering form, as a spire or obelisk.
[8] a candle, especially a very slender one.
[9] a long wick coated with wax, tallow, or the like, as for use in lighting candles or gas.
[10] taper off , to become gradually more slender toward one end. to cease by degrees; decrease; diminish: The storm is beginning to taper off now. I haven't stopped smoking entirely, but I'm tapering off to three cigarettes a day.
[11] to become or cause to become narrower towards one end the spire tapers to a point
[12] (often foll by off) to become or cause to become smaller or less significant
[13] a thin candle
[14] a thin wooden or waxed strip for transferring a flame; spill
[15] a narrowing
[16] engineering (in conical parts) the amount of variation in the diameter per unit of length
[17] any feeble source of light

Words related to Tapered

taperdwindle, lessen, recede, abate, subside, bate, drain, wane, reduce, thin, fade, close, diminish, rescind, narrow, weaken

Words nearby Tapered

tapertape streamer, tape transport, tape-record, tapeman, tapenade, taper, taper off, taper pin, taper relief, tapered roller bearing, taperstick

Origin of Tapered

1before 900; Middle English: wax candle, Old English, variant of tapur, dissimilated variant of *papur paper

Words that may be confused with Tapered

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, tapertaper, tapir

Other words from Tapered

ta·per·er , noun
ta·per·ing·ly , adverb
un·ta·pered , adjective
un·ta·per·ing , adjective

Word origin for Tapered

Old English tapor, probably from Latin papӯrus papyrus (from its use as a wick)

Synonyms for Tapered

abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down