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de-escalate, decline, decrease, die, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, recede, relent, shrink, subside, wane—more at DECREASE

tape–re·cord verb : to make a recording of on magnetic tape

— tape recorder noun

— tape recording noun

taper off verb : to diminish gradually : TAPER

tap·es·try noun, plural -tries : a heavy reversible textile that has designs or pictures woven into it and is used esp. as a wall hanging

tape·worm noun : any of a class of long flat segmented worms parasitic esp. in vertebrate intestines

tap·i·o·ca noun : a usu. granular preparation of cassava starch used esp. in puddings; also : a dish (as pudding) that contains tapioca

ta·pir noun, plural tapirs also tapir [ORIGIN: Pg tapir, tapira, fr. Tupinambà (American Indian language of Brazil) tapiʼíra]

: any of a genus of large herbivorous hoofed mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia

tap·pet noun : a lever or projection moved by some other piece (as a cam) or intended to move something else

tap·room noun : BARROOM

tap·root noun : a large main root growing straight down and giving off small side roots

taps noun singular or plural : the last bugle call at night blown as a signal that lights are to be put out; also : a similar call blown at military funerals and memorial services

tap·ster noun : BARTENDER

1tar noun 1 : a thick dark sticky liquid distilled from organic material (as wood or coal)

2 : one that sails : SAILOR

Synonyms

gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, sailor, seaman, swab—more at SAILOR

2tar verb tarred; tar·ring : to cover or smear with or as if with tar

tar·an·tel·la noun : a lively folk dance of southern Italy in 6/8 time

ta·ran·tu·la noun, plural tarantulas also ta·ran·tu·lae : any of a family of large hairy American spiders with a sharp bite that is not very poisonous to human beings

tar·di·ly adverb : in a tardy manner

Synonyms

laggardly, slow, slowly, sluggishly—more at SLOW

tar·dy adjective tar·di·er; -est 1 : moving slowly : SLUGGISH

2 : delayed beyond the expected or proper time : LATE

— tar·di·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] creeping, dilatory, laggard, languid, poky, slow, sluggish—more at SLOW

[2] behind, belated, delinquent, late, overdue—more at LATE

1tare noun : a weed of grain fields

2tare noun : a deduction from the gross weight of a substance and its container made in allowance for the weight of the container

— tare verb

1target noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. MF targette, dim. of targe light shield, of Gmc origin]

1 : a mark to shoot at

2 : an object of ridicule or criticism

3 : a goal to be achieved

Synonyms

butt, laughingstock, mark, mockery, victim

2target verb : to make a target of

tar·iff noun [ORIGIN: It tariffa, fr. Ar tarīf notification]

1 : a schedule of duties imposed by a government esp. on imported goods; also : a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule

2 : a schedule of rates or charges

tar·mac noun : a surface paved with crushed stone covered with tar

tarn noun : a small mountain lake

tar·nish verb 1 : to make or become dull or discolored

2 : to bring disgrace on

— tarnish noun

Synonyms

blemish, mar, poison, spoil, stain, taint, touch, vitiate—more at TAINT

ta·ro noun, plural taros : a large-leaved tropical plant related to the arums that is grown for its edible starchy corms; also : its corms

tar·ot noun : one of a set of usu. 78 playing cards used esp. for fortune-telling

tar·pau·lin noun : a piece of material (as durable plastic) used for protecting exposed objects

tar·pon noun, plural tarpon or tarpons : a large silvery bony fish often caught for sport in the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic esp. off Florida

tar·ra·gon noun : a small widely cultivated perennial wormwood with aromatic leaves used as a seasoning; also : its leaves

1tarry verb tar·ried; tar·ry·ing 1 : to be tardy : DELAY; especially : to be slow in leaving

2 : to stay in or at a place

Synonyms

[1] crawl, creep, dally, dawdle,