[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become smaller or thinner toward one end.", "to grow gradually lean."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make gradually smaller toward one end.", "to reduce gradually."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.", "gradual decrease of force, capacity, etc.", "anything having a tapering form, as a spire or obelisk.", "a candle, especially a very slender one.", "a long wick coated with wax, tallow, or the like, as for use in lighting candles or gas."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to become gradually more slender toward one end.to cease by degrees; decrease ; diminish :The storm is beginning to taper off now.I haven't stopped smoking entirely, but I'm tapering off to three cigarettes a day.", "to become gradually more slender toward one end.", "to cease by degrees; decrease ; diminish :The storm is beginning to taper off now.I haven't stopped smoking entirely, but I'm tapering off to three cigarettes a day."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person who records or edits magnetic tape magnetic tape,videotape, etc."]}]