'Foreshorten' definitions:
Definition of 'foreshorten'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate]
verb
Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Definition of 'Foreshorten'
From: GCIDE
- Foreshorten \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. [1913 Webster]
- Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foreshorten'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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