Term: tapering: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
Candidate hypernym: lowering: the act of causing to become less → 1
Candidate hypernym: slave driver: a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees → 0
Candidate hypernym: sea mile: a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dumpster: a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste → 0
Candidate hypernym: theological doctrine: the doctrine of a religious group → 0
Candidate hypernym: wernicke's aphasia: aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words → 0
Candidate hypernym: arachnophobia: a morbid fear of spiders → 0
Candidate hypernym: timepiece: a measuring instrument or device for keeping time → 0
Candidate hypernym: filament: a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current → 0
Candidate hypernym: repute: the state of being held in high esteem and honor → 0
Candidate hypernym: molasses cookie: very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses → 0