taper

The pencil tapers to a sharp point.

He tapered the stick with a knife.

She put five tapers on the cake.

the strong taper of her back.

taper a stick to a point

The storm finally tapered off.

Nonproductive expenditures keep tapering down.

Interest in the scandal seems to be tapering off.

The economic boom tapered off in the 1970s.

The organization tapered off in about half a year.

in cross section the sailfish's body looks like a tapering spear.

his face tapers to a pointed chin.

many fittings have tapered threads for a better seal.

the impact of the dollar's depreciation started to taper off .

Nonpolarized capacitor C1 and potentiometer R2, a linear taper, determine the time constant of integrator IC1B.

Her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes.

The sikhara over the sanctuary of a temple is usually tapered convexly, consisting of piled-up roof slabs of diminishing size.