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FORESHORTEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreshorten mean? 

FORESHORTEN (verb)
  The verb FORESHORTEN has 2 senses:

1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elementsplay

2. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depthplay

  Familiarity information: FORESHORTEN used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORESHORTEN (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they foreshorten  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it foreshortens  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: foreshortened  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: foreshortened  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: foreshortening  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten

Context example:

The manuscript must be shortened

Hypernyms (to "foreshorten" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Verb group:

cut; edit; edit out (cut and assemble the components of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foreshorten"):

bowdlerise; bowdlerize; castrate; expurgate; shorten (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)

concentrate; condense; digest (make more concise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "foreshorten" is one way to...):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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