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tapering: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"; gradually narrowed toward a point; "a tall tapering spire"

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barbed collapse: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"; capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

tined collapse

spined collapse

spiked collapse: having a long sharp point; equipped with long sharp-pointed projections especially along the top of a wall or fence; "the fence was iron and spiked along the top"

tapered collapse: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

contraction collapse: the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope; (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber); a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"

pronged collapse: having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

horned collapse: having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl"; "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; "long-horned cattle"

spiny collapse

toothed collapse: having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination; "saw-toothed"

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

horny collapse: having horns or hornlike projections; "horny coral"; "horny (or horned) frog"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

stricture collapse: severe criticism

pointed collapse: direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"; having a point

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