TAPERINGS Antonyms

• subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter

• becoming greater or larger

• (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume

• an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

• any material used to thicken

• any thickened enlargement

• the act of thickening

• accumulating and becoming more intense

• becoming more intricate or complex

• an increase in width

• a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

• the act of making something wider

• swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

• become bloated or swollen or puff up

• make bloated or swollen

• make larger

• make large

• become larger or bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance