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v. To shorten the lines of (an object) in a drawing or other representation so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.

v. To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge.

v. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.

v. to abridge, reduce, contract

v. to make shorter

v. To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

v. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.

In perspective, to represent (a figure) in such a manner as to convey to the mind the impression of the entire length of the object, though only a part of this length is actually shown, as when the object is viewed in an oblique direction; represent (any object, as an arm, a weapon, the branch of a tree) as pointing more or less directly toward the spectator standing in front of the picture, or as in a plane more or less nearly parallel to the spectator's line of sight.

v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

"Oh, yes, Speaker Pelosi, it was more important to foreshorten debate so that the "troops" could go home on recess than to more fully consider, and possibly fashion, an improved piece of legislation."

foreshortened    foreshortening    foreshortens   

shorten   

displayed foreshortened