draw in perspective to give the appearance of depth; shorten, minimize
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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.
2. fig.: to represent pictorially to the imagination. songs, and deeds, and lives that lie foreshortened in the tract of time.
foreshorten
v
1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "the manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce]
2. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Verb
1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
(synonym) abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
(verb-group) edit, cut, edit out
2. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
(hypernym) shorten
