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tapering

noun

1 tapering

The act of gradually lowering the size or amount.

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Dutch: verloop

adjective

1 tapering

Becoming gradually narrower:
— Long tapering fingers.

synonyms: narrowing, tapered.

Roget 253: sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform; aculeated, acuminated; pointed; tapering; conical, pyramidal; mucronate, mucronated; ... show more

2 tapering

Gradually decreasing until little remains.

synonyms: dwindling, tapering off.


Moby thesaurus: acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, coarctation, cone-shaped, constriction, contraction, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny, mucronate ... show more.

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