tapers is a form of:

Taper



noun
1.
(1. A small or very slender candle. 2. A long wax coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps. 3. A source of feeble light. 4. a. A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object. b. A gradual decrease, as in action or force) taper of a pencil ស្រួចទៅៗ, light a taper ទៀនម៉្យាង
verbpast tense: tapered ; past participle: tapered ; present participle: tapering ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (off) (to something) (to decrease gradually in width or thickness, to lessen) pencils taper ស្រួចទៅៗ, taper off អន់, ស្បើយ
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (1. To make thinner or narrower at one end. 2. To make smaller gradually) ធ្វើអោយស្រួចទៅៗ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
2.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
adjective
1.
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
verbpast tense: tapered ; past participle: tapered ; present participle: tapering ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To make or cause to taper.