Definition of Taper off

1. Verb. End weakly. "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

Exact synonyms: Fizzle, Fizzle Out, Peter Out
Generic synonyms: Discontinue

2. Verb. Become smaller or less active. "Business tapered off"
Generic synonyms: Contract, Narrow

Definition of Taper off

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To diminish or lessen gradually; to become smaller, slower, quieter, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Taper Off

tape transport
tape up
tapeable
taped
tapeless
tapeless workflow
tapelike
tapeline
tapelines
tapen
tapenade
tapenades
tapentadol
taper
taper file
taper off (current term)
taper pin
tapered
tapered bougie
taperer
taperers
tapering
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taperingly
taperings
taperlike
taperness
tapers
taperstick
tapersticks

Literary usage of Taper off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Babel and Bible: Two Lectures Delivered Before the Members of the Deutsche by Friedrich Delitzsch, Claude Hermann Walter Johns (1903)
"49) shows us a strikingly similar view of God: upon a wonderful ship, whose fore and aft parts taper off in the form of a sitting human Fig. 49. ..."

2. Babel and Bible: Two Lectures Delivered Before the Members of the Deutsche by Friedrich Delitzsch, Claude Hermann Walter Johns (1903)
"49) shows us a strikingly similar view of God : upon a wonderful ship, whose fore and aft parts taper off in the form of a sitting human Fig. 49. ..."

3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"... a taper off wax Also to the alter off Sanct ... on other taper off wax Also apon ye day off my buriall I will to be sayed ..."

4. Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court by Chester, Eng. (Diocese), George John Piccope (1857)
"... a taper off wax Also to the alter off Sanct ... on other taper off wax Also apon ye day off my buriall I will to be sayed ..."

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