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Meanings of tapering in English

Becoming gradually narrower.

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        Gradually decreasing until little remains.

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              Usage of tapering in English
              1
              They're not ignoring Fed tapering, political tension and the emerging market slowdown.
              Reuters
              2
              However, apathy may also arise, especially when dopaminergic medication tapering is rapid.
              Pubmed
              3
              It was still tapering as it heightened, and balance was no problem.
              The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
              4
              However, a tapering exercise anticipated to start in September failed to materialise.
              The Irish Times
              5
              It is largest in the center, thence tapering at the two extremities.
              Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
              6
              The simplest of these pillars are square in plan and somewhat tapering.
              A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
              7
              Since that time, he had been continuously receiving tapering doses of prednisolone.
              Pubmed
              8
              The Kotub Minar is an immense shaft tapering gradually toward the top.
              In Times of Peril: A Tale of India
              9
              There the ship stayed, for they worked the tapering oars no more.
              The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) / Stories from the Classic...
              10
              The men were already poised to swarm out along the tapering yards.
              Sword of Honour
              11
              Let's have that shot; you can see for yourself I'm tapering off.
              Bring the Jubilee
              12
              The ends of her tapering fingers blushed rosily as sticks of coral.
              It Happened in Egypt
              13
              The line across her eyebrows and tapering along her jaw was right.
              Michelangelo's Shoulder
              14
              The fastidiously manicured fingers were as tapering and white as her own.
              The Lighted Match
              15
              It is widest at the edge, tapering above to a conical point.
              Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
              16
              The most common placement is a tapering slot in a vertical crack.
              Rock and Ice Magazine
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              Tapering through the time
              Tapering across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common