noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of foreshorten form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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abbreviationabridgmentabstractcompressioncondensationconspectus

Example

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"The other figures in the painting are depicted with slight foreshortening."

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