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

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Verb

tapering

present participle of taper

Noun

tapering (plural taperings)

A tapered shape.

Anagrams

• retaping

Source: Wiktionary

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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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