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tapering
 
Adjective tapering has 3 senses
  1. tapering, tapered - gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
    Antonyms: pointless, unpointed (indirect, via pointed)
  2. tapered, tapering, narrowing - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
    Antonyms: wide, broad (indirect, via narrow)
  3. dwindling, tapering, tapering off - gradually decreasing until little remains
    Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
Noun tapering has 1 sense
  1. 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
Verb taper has 2 senses
  1. taper - diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
    --1 is one way to     decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Derived form: noun tapering1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. sharpen, taper, point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
    --2 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
    Derived forms: noun taper2, noun taper1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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