Tapered

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tapered \Ta"pered\, a.
     Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.]
     --T. Warton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tapering}.]
     To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
     tapers toward one end.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tapered
       adj 1: gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
              [syn: {tapering}]
       2: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
          "trousers with tapered legs" [syn: {tapering}, {narrowing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "tapered":
     acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
     acuminate, acute, barbed, cone-shaped, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate,
     hispid, horned, horny, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp,
     pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined,
     spinous, spiny, taper, tapering, tined, toothed, unbated