Associations to the word «Tapering»

Wiktionary

TAPERING, verb. Present participle of taper
TAPERING, noun. A tapered shape.

Dictionary definition

TAPERING, noun. The act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose".
TAPERING, adjective. Becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs".
TAPERING, adjective. Gradually decreasing until little remains.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope