'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]

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