Synonyms:
tapering
Meaning: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"
Usage examples
amidships, tapering to a point fore and aft.
Whitefoot possessed a long tail, but the tail of Nimbleheels was much longer, slim and tapering.
MUZZLE--Very powerful, and gradually tapering towards the nose, which should always be black and of a good size.
TAIL--The tail should not be too long, strong at the insertion, and gradually tapering towards the end, free from coarseness.
EARS--The ears should be set on rather high, of moderate size, rather wide at the base, and gradually tapering to a round point.
The cut ends were smashed so that they could not be crammed down over the tapering jets; but we could use our metal-saws for cleaner severances at the other ends.
She was exquisitely dressed in dark blue velvet with a high collar of point lace tapering almost to her bust, and revealing a long white throat clasped at the base by a string of pearls.
The time-worn stone, at a little distance delicate as lacework, is transformed at different hours of the day into shifting shades of colour, varying from grey to purple: the massiveness of the great nave and transepts contrasts impressively with the gradual tapering of the spire, rising so high above turret and clerestory that it at last becomes a mere line against the ether.