tapers

VERB

decrease to a point

Synonyms

WEAK

abate bate close come to a point die away die out diminish drain dwindle fade lessen narrow recede reduce rescind subside thin thin out wane weaken wind down

Antonyms

WEAK

go up increase rise

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abate dwindle lessen recede subside taper off

STRONG

bate close diminish drain fade narrow reduce rescind thin wane weaken

WEAK

die away die out thin out wind down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enlarge extend grow increase rise

STRONG

expand raise strengthen

WEAK

go up

Example Sentences

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So Williams plans to stop calling a rope a rawhide riata and not use words like hackamore, tapaderas and cinch ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

He smiled grimly as he untied the little canvas sacks and drew them from the tapaderas.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

The youth Ramon knew that the two little canvas sacks of gold were cleverly tied in the huge tapaderas of his uncle's saddle.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

Vaca thought that the gold was still safe in his tapaderas.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

Also he had acquired a pair of 22-inch, "eagle's bill" tapaderas.

From The Dude Wrangler by Lockhart, Caroline