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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 elements
2. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Familiarity information: FORESHORTEN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: foreshortened
Past participle: foreshortened
-ing form: foreshortening
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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