Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
end weakly;
- Example: "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"[syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle]
2. become smaller or less active;
- Example: "Business tapered off"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
taper off
v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no
proper ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, fizzle
out, fizzle]
2: become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"