To diminish gradually.
To become thinner or narrower at one end.
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
(of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
A small light.
A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
One who operates a tape machine.
A slender wax candle.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
Said of a time period that comes to an end.
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
The end of a period.
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
A child.
A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
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