Meaning of FORESHORTEN
| Pronunciation: | | fowr'shortn
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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| | See Also: | | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, concentrate, condense, decrease, expurgate, lessen, minify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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