Tapering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tapering \Ta"per*ing\, a.
     Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. --
     {Ta"per*ing*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tapering}.]
     To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
     tapers toward one end.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tapering
       adj 1: gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"
              [syn: {tapered}]
       2: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
          "trousers with tapered legs" [syn: {tapered}, {narrowing}]
       3: gradually decreasing until little remains [syn: {dwindling},
           {tapering off}]
       n : the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the
           doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "tapering":
     acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform,
     acuminate, acute, barbed, coarctation, cone-shaped, constriction,
     contraction, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, hispid, horned, horny,
     mucronate, narrowing, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed,
     pronged, sharp-pointed, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous,
     spiny, stricture, taper, tapered, tined, toothed, unbated