FORESHORTEN


Meaning of FORESHORTEN in English

 ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ transitive verb

Etymology: fore- + shorten

1. : to shorten (as a design) by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained

2. : to make more compact : abridge , contract , shorten

distance and geography — though foreshortened in the air age — still have strategical … meaning — H.W.Baldwin

allows a long and scattered history to be gathered and foreshortened — Susanne K. Langer

dramatize and foreshorten the development of events — Times Literary Supplement

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.