About The Word Foreshorten
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Foreshorten
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What's The Definition Of Foreshorten?
[v] reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
[v] shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth Synonyms | Synonyms for Foreshorten: abbreviate | abridge | contract | cut | reduce | shorten Related Terms | Find terms related to Foreshorten: abbreviate | abridge | abstract | bob | boil down | capsulize | clip | compress | condense | contract | crop | curtail | cut | cut back | cut down | cut off short | cut short | dock | elide | epitomize | mow | nip | poll | pollard | prune | reap | recap | recapitulate | reduce | retrench | shave | shear | shorten | snub | stunt | sum up | summarize | synopsize | take in | telescope | trim | truncate See Also | bowdlerise | bowdlerize | castrate | concentrate | condense | decrease | expurgate | lessen | minify Foreshorten In Webster's Dictionary \Fore*short"en\, v. t.
1. (Fine Art) To represent on a plane surface, as if extended
in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to
shorten by drawing in perspective.
2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened
in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
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