tapering

adj 1: gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"

[syn: {tapered}]

2: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";

"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: {tapered}, {narrowing}]

3: gradually decreasing until little remains [syn: {dwindling},

{tapering off}]

n : the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the

doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"