tapering

Speech parts

1. tapering - Noun

2. tapering - Adjective

3. tapering - Verb

5. tapering - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Taper

Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tapered dwindling narrowing tapering off conic point conical decline thin narrow decrease pointed sharp acute peaked

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Antonyms

wide increasing expand recovering widening rallying

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Hypernyms

lowering

Phrases with the word

tapering down tapering shape tapering point gradual tapering

Anagrams

retaping

Examples

long tapering fingers Source: Internet

trousers with tapered legs Source: Internet

the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose Source: Internet

According to the COVID Tracking Project, the average number of North Dakotans hospitalized for COVID has been tapering off for two weeks — from more than 400 to fewer than 350. It’s an early sign that nurses might soon be under less pressure. Source: Internet

Also used, especially in the past, in the Northern and Western United States; the first recorded usage is in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick : "The tails tapering down that way, serve to carry off the water, d'ye see. Source: Internet

A longer continuously tapering design intermediate between it and the 19th-century tapered hook was also in earlier production, commonly being made from the handles of forks and spoons. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tapered leaf spring tapered roller bearing taperer tapering down tapering off tapering point