taper vs wide

taper

adj
  • Tapered; narrowing to a point. 

verb
  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

wide

noun
  • A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score 

adv
  • away from or to one side of a given goal 

  • completely 

  • extensively 

  • So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening. 

adj
  • Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation. 

  • Antagonistic, provocative. 

  • Operating at the side of the playing area. 

  • Large in scope. 

  • Having a large physical extent from side to side. 

  • On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc. 

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