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TAPERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of gradually lowering the size or amount
Example:
the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tapering" is a kind of...):
lowering (the act of causing to become less)
Derivation:
taper (diminish gradually)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gradually decreasing until little remains
Synonyms:
dwindling; tapering; tapering off
Classified under:
Similar:
decreasing (becoming less or smaller)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Becoming gradually narrower
Example:
trousers with tapered legs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb taper
