tapered

He tapered the stick with a knife.

The storm finally tapered off.

The economic boom tapered off in the 1970s.

The organization tapered off in about half a year.

many fittings have tapered threads for a better seal.

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

Techniques to resolve the difficult cannulation cases include tapered tip catheter, guide wire, papillotome, and precut endoscopic papillotomy (EPT).

Most passenger doors are tapered, the inner edge being wider than the outer.

When the business questions tapered off, Jobs turned the tables on the well-groomed students.

Unlike Southgate, the look involves a wider trouser leg instead of the traditional tapered style.

It's any object tapered to a thin edge, like an ax or the teeth on a saw.

Its cells are sort of short and tapered at the ends, and are arranged to form tight-knit sheets.

You don't need as much air to surface ratio, and it's gonna be a little bit more tapered in.

Often, static wicks will be tapered towards the end, with a sharp carbon point at their tip.

Its body was long and tapered, built for life in the water.

I wouldn't get this one though, because I hate tapered legs.

The shells were mostly intact, except the tapered pointy tip had been removed—most likely for easier access to the meat inside.