foreshorten
verb
1 foreshorten
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten.
Roget 201: be short etc. adj.; render short etc. adj.; shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce; compress etc. ... show more
Dutch: verkorten, versimpelen, bekorten, samentrekken
2 foreshorten
Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth.
Moby thesaurus: abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, dock, elide, epitomize ... show more.
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