Definition of foreshorten

verb (v)

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)

  Synonym: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten
  Antonym: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  

  source: wordnet30
• shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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