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dwindle
English
Etymology
Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dw?nan (“to waste away”), equivalent to dwine +? -le, akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine (“to pine away”), Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?dw?n.d?l/
- Rhymes: -?nd?l
Verb
dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)
- (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]
- 1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
- The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, Vicar, III
- (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.
- To break up or disperse.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- windled
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taper
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?te?p?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?te?p?/
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
- Homophone: tapir
Etymology 1
From Middle English taper, from Old English tapor (“taper, candle, wick of a lamp”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papyrus (“papyrus", used in Mediaeval times to mean "wick of a candle”), or of Celtic origin related to Irish tapar (“taper”), Welsh tampr (“a taper, torch”). Compare Sanskrit ???? (tápati, “(it) warms, gives out heat; to be hot; to heat”). More at tepid.
Noun
taper (plural tapers)
- A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle
- ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- strike on the tinder, ho!/ Give me a taper.
- 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Change
- Love used to carry a bow, you know,
- But now he carries a taper;
- It is either a length of wax aglow,
- Or a twist of lighted paper.
- ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- (by extension) a small light.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- the taper of a spire
- The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.
- 2005, Michael Ellis, Apollo Rises (page 15)
- Her hair hangs over her ears and flows to a taper at the back of her neck where it is held in place with a wide and circular black clasp.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
Derived terms
- taperwise
Translations
Verb
taper (third-person singular simple present tapers, present participle tapering, simple past and past participle tapered)
- (transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- Though true cylinders without — within, the villainous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
- (intransitive) To diminish gradually.
Synonyms
- narrow
Derived terms
- taper off
Translations
Adjective
taper
- Tapered; narrowing to a point.
Etymology 2
tape +? -er
Noun
taper (plural tapers)
- (weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
Anagrams
- Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, trape, treap
Danish
Verb
taper
- present of tape
French
Etymology
From Middle French taper, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tapp?n, *dabb?n (“to strike”) or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen (“to tap, rap, strike”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?eb?- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap”). Related to dab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.pe/
- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: tapai, tapé, tapée, tapées, tapés, tapez
Verb
taper
- (transitive) to slap, knock, beat
- (transitive) to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
- (transitive with sur) to hit, beat, rap
- (intransitive) to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
- (intransitive, slang) to stink, pong, reek
- (reflexive, slang) to put away (a meal etc.)
- Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir.
- (reflexive, vulgar, slang) to fuck (have sex)
- Il s'est tapé la fille de son patron.
- (reflexive) to put up with
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also
- frapper
- cogner
Further reading
- “taper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- parte, pâtre, prêta, tarpé
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tapre, tapyr, tapir, tapor, tapour, tapur, tapper
Etymology
From Old English tapor, possibly from Latin pap?rus (if so, a doublet of paper).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?p?r/
Noun
taper (plural tapres)
- taper (thin candle)
Descendants
- English: taper
References
- “t?per, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Pronunciation
Verb
taper (gerund tap'thie)
- (Jersey, onomatopoeia) to hit, knock
Derived terms
- taper raide (“to hit hard”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From tape (“to lose”) +? -er.
Noun
taper m (definite singular taperen, indefinite plural tapere, definite plural taperne)
- a loser
Related terms
- tapar (Nynorsk)
Verb
taper
- present tense of tape (“to lose”)
Etymology 2
Noun
taper m
- indefinite plural of tape
Verb
taper
- present tense of tape (“to tape”)
References
- “taper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “taper” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
- paret, parte, pater, patre, Petra, prate, rapet, rapte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
taper
- present of tape (to lose)
Walloon
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
taper
- to throw
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