Contract and Taper

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Taper and contract are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taper" instead a verb "Contract".

Taper

Taper verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Usage example: you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine

Contract and taper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Taper".

Nearby Words: tape, tapered, tapering, taping, tapper

Common collocations

body contract body taper body
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