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TAPERING
dwindling, tapering, tapering off
(adjective) gradually decreasing until little remains
tapered, tapering, narrowing
(adjective) becoming gradually narrower; “long tapering fingers”; “trousers with tapered legs”
tapering
(noun) the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; “the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tapering
present participle of taper
Noun
tapering (plural taperings)
A tapered shape.
Anagrams
• retaping
Source: Wiktionary
Ta"per*ing, a.
Definition: Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
– Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.
TAPER
Ta"per, n. Etym: [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Ta"per, a. Etym: [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.]
Definition: Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]
Definition: To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Ta"per, v. t.
Definition: To make or cause to taper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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