📉taper (téper)

verb
/ˈteɪpər/
rétrécir (retrecir)

Signification

To gradually decrease in width, thickness, or intensity.
Traduction de la signification
Diminuer progressivement en largeur, épaisseur ou intensité.
Diminuer progressivement en largeur, épaisseur ou intensité.

Phrases d'exemple

The road tapers off as it reaches the mountains.

La route se rétrécit à mesure qu'elle atteint les montagnes.
La route se rétrécit à mesure qu'elle atteint les montagnes.

Expressions d'exemple

taper off
s'amenuiser
s'amenuiser

Synonymes

narrow, diminish, lessen, thin, decrease

Antonymes

widen, expand, increase

Collocations

taper off, taper gradually, taper shape

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