tapers
Gradually grows thinner
Tapers are the plural of taper—slender candles or wax-coated wicks used for lighting other candles or carrying flame.
The verb taper means to narrow gradually toward one end, like a candle's shape: The road tapers to a single lane.
Extended to any gradual reduction: Her medication dosage tapers off over two weeks.
Athletes taper training before competition, reducing intensity to peak on race day.
Pliable waterproof substance
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- flameBurning gas made visible
- beeswaxHoneycomb building material
- paraffinFlammable waxy petroleum derivative
soy · votive · tealight · pillar · drip · melt · burn · glow
Cone directing flow
- convergeMeet at a point
- narrowOf small width
- focusConcentrated attention point
- coneTapered solid, circular base
point · tip · spindle · gradual · slender · slim · thin · fine
Become or make smaller
fade · dwindle · ebb · subside · gradual · wind down · ease off · phase out
Ceremonial set of actions
- processionFormal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- communionProfound shared closeness
baptism · matrimony · coronation · inauguration · altar · vestments · acolyte · chancel
wax
Pliable waterproof substance
paraffin · soy · votive · tealight · pillar · drip · melt · burn · glow · snuffer
funnel
Cone directing flow
cone · point · tip · spindle · gradual · slender · slim · thin · fine · streamlined
decrease
Become or make smaller
wane · fade · dwindle · ebb · subside · gradual · wind down · ease off · phase out · scale back
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- processionFormal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
communion · baptism · matrimony · coronation · inauguration · altar · vestments · acolyte · chancel · sacrament
training
Developing abilities through practice
mileage · race · preparation · peak · workout · running · cycling · swimming · endurance · competition
- Wedding Decorcenterpieces, votives, pillar candles, floating candles, unity candles
- slowing downbraking, brakes, crawl, coasts, creep
- historical lightingcandles, lamps, lanterns, gaslight, candlelight
- fiber opticsoptical fiber, fiber optics, fiber cable, cladding, optical cable
- haircut techniquesrazor cut, texturizing, layering, thinning shears, fades
- earringsearrings, studs, hoops, dangles, drops
- taper offReduce gradually in intensity
- tapered off
- tapering offGradually becoming less
- tapered jeansPants narrowing at leg
- tapered pantsTrousers narrowing toward hem
- taper fadeGraduated haircut style