taper's Usage Examples:

, have all long tapering keeled leaves, and simple or branched spikes of white flowers; A.

a b, e f, tapering elastic rods form flapped in an upward and downward direction.

Prior to lopping off his famous locks for a more mature and sophisticated and tapered shape, Justin Bieber rocked the stage with floppy shaggy hair that seemed to mimic a Beatles bowl cut.

Shiraz:  Also used for Syrah, these glasses are smaller than other red wine glasses and tapered inward.

We find the flywheel is too heavy for SX and Li type crankshafts as the taper is thin and tends to shear or spin.

While the former faction gained in Lombardy by the massacre of Ezzelino, the latter revived in Tuscany after the battle of Montaperti, which in 1260 placed Florence at the discretion of the Ghibellines.

It was after his adrenaline tapered off that he smelled blood, and he trotted down a path in the direction of the scent.

long and about an inch wide, closely arranged in two rows as in the true Flag (Iris); the tall, flowering stems (scapes), which very much resemble the leaves, bear an apparently lateral, blunt, tapering spike of densely packed, very small flowers.

The points should begin to taper 3 in.

"in width at its junction with the conductor, and it should taper gradually to the extremity, which should be i ft.

These rates can be measured using a tapered element oscillating microbalance.

Synonyms:

fall, lessen, diminish, decrease,

Antonyms:

compound, soften, flatten, blur, increase,