̷ ̷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