tapering
the act of gradually lowering the size or amount - the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose • Derivationally related forms: taper • Hypernyms: lowering
1. gradually decreasing until little remains • Syn: dwindling, tapering off • Similar to: decreasing 2. becoming gradually narrower - long tapering fingers - trousers with tapered legs • Syn: tapered, narrowing • Similar to: narrow
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