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Overview of verb foreshorten

The verb foreshorten has 2 senses


  • abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")

  • foreshorten -- (shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth)