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taper [ˈteɪpər, Brit -əʳ] N

taper
candeia f

taper off VB intr

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tap1 [tæp] N

1. tap (for water):

tap
torneira f

2. tap TELEC:

tap
grampo m (de telefone)

tap2 [tæp] N

tap dance N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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After 1935, trousers began to be tapered in at the bottom half of the leg.
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Leaves are flat and broadly linear, tapering at the tip.
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The wings were straight tapered with rounded tips.
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The brush hairs are tapered to a fine point, a feature vital to the style of wash paintings.
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The competitive phase ends with the taper and the competition.
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The concrete face which tapers from at the base to at the crest acts as a seal between the water and the dam embankment.
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People suspected of being physiologically dependent on benzodiazepine drugs should be very gradually tapered off the drug.
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The leaves are wide and flat, and they taper to a point at the end.
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The walls are six feet thick at the base and taper to four feet thick at the top.
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The pygidial axis is tapering backwards and touches the border furrow.
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