Found 2 items, similar to foreshorten.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foreshorten foreshorten v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; “The manuscript must be shortened” [syn: abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: elaborate] 2: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foreshorten Foreshorten \Fore*short"en\, v. t. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. [1913 Webster] Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie Foreshortened in the tract of time. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]