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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
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2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
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Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie
Foreshortened in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
foreshorten
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, abbreviate,
shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate]
2: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of
depth
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
foreshorten
vb.
To render the image of an object such that it appears to be recede in
space as it is perceived visually.
alt.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
vb.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
foreshorten
vb.
To render the image of an object such that it appears to be recede in
space as it is perceived visually.
alt.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
vb.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
foreshorten
vb.
To render the image of an object such that it appears to be recede in
space as it is perceived visually.
alt.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
vb.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
foreshorten
vb.
To render the image of an object such that it appears to be recede in
space as it is perceived visually.
alt.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
vb.
1 To abridge, reduce, contract.
2 To make shorter.
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Foreshorten /fɔːʃˈɔːtən/
قصّر
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
foreshorten /fɔːʃˈɔːtən/
vyjádřit ve zkratce
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
foreshorten /fɔːʃˈɔːtən/
1. दूरी~का~आभास~देना{चित्रकारी~में~छोटी~रेखाओं~द्वारा
"His figure was foreshortened in the dark."
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
foreshorten /fɔːʃˈɔːtən/
1. (güz. san) resimde yandan görülen bir şeyin boyunu kısa göstermek.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreshorten":
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip,
compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back,
cut down, cut off short, cut short, dock, elide, epitomize, mow,
nip, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce,
retrench, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt, sum up, summarize,
synopsize, take in, telescope, trim, truncate
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 照远近法画,缩小深度而画;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 照远近法画,缩小深度而画
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