- tapering, tapered - gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
Antonyms: pointless, unpointed (indirect, via pointed)
- tapered, tapering, narrowing - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
Antonyms: wide, broad (indirect, via narrow)
- dwindling, tapering, tapering off - gradually decreasing until little remains
Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
- tapering - the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"
--1 is a kind of lowering
Derived form: verb taper1
- taper - diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
--1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tapering1
Something ----s
- sharpen, taper, point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
--2 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun taper2, noun taper1
Somebody ----s something