A slender wax candle.

(by extension) A small light.

A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.

A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.

A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).

(weaving) One who operates a tape machine.

Someone who works with tape or tapes.

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.

(intransitive) To become thinner or narrower at one end.

(intransitive) To diminish gradually.

(intransitive) (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.

Tapered; narrowing to a point.