vt to make or cause to taper.
2. taper ·noun a small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
3. taper ·vi to become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
4. taper ·noun a tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
5. taper ·adj regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.