Thesaurus: foreshorten

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1. v. t. 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. v. t. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
3. v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
4. v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
5. 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.
6. To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a directiontoward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing inperspective.
7. v:100 v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth