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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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Examples for "narrowing"
Examples for "narrowing"
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There followed two further options, narrowing down the geographical area in question.
The Irish Times
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Patients with primarily lateral compartment narrowing at any time point were excluded.
Pubmed
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The model may also help explain regional dynamic airway narrowing during expiration.
Pubmed
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Did you just say 'the chocolate frog'? Finney asked, his eyes narrowing.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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If China consumed more, imports would rise, narrowing a ballooning trade surplus.
Reuters
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The tapered jars we use today were introduced after World War II.
Canning & preserving for dummies 2nd edition
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The rear end of the short shank tapered to a rounded point.
The Shelters of Stone
3
With his right hand, he picked up a short, tapered bone retoucher.
The Mammoth Hunters
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Ergonomic, tapered heel fits snugly, allowing for serious cranking on heel hooks.
Climbing Magazine
5
His fingers were long and tapered, his hand warm through her tunic.
Star trek: terok nor: dawn of the eagles
Usage of tapering in English
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They're not ignoring Fed tapering, political tension and the emerging market slowdown.
Reuters
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However, apathy may also arise, especially when dopaminergic medication tapering is rapid.
Pubmed
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It was still tapering as it heightened, and balance was no problem.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
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However, a tapering exercise anticipated to start in September failed to materialise.
The Irish Times
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It is largest in the center, thence tapering at the two extremities.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
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The simplest of these pillars are square in plan and somewhat tapering.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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Since that time, he had been continuously receiving tapering doses of prednisolone.
Pubmed
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The Kotub Minar is an immense shaft tapering gradually toward the top.
In Times of Peril: A Tale of India
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There the ship stayed, for they worked the tapering oars no more.
The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) / Stories from the Classic...
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The men were already poised to swarm out along the tapering yards.
Sword of Honour
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Let's have that shot; you can see for yourself I'm tapering off.
Bring the Jubilee
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The ends of her tapering fingers blushed rosily as sticks of coral.
It Happened in Egypt
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The line across her eyebrows and tapering along her jaw was right.
Michelangelo's Shoulder
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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