foreshorten
Verb
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
- To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.
- To abridge, reduce, contract.
- To make shorter.
Origin / Etymology
From fore- + shorten.
Synonyms
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten, abate, bring down, decrease, decrement, diminish, foreshorten, lessen, lower
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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