Foreshorten - English meaning

Foreshorten – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Usage examples:
Seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened
verb
Prematurely or dramatically shorten or reduce (something) in time or scale.
Usage examples:
Our experience is that it is usually a mistake to try to foreshorten the process

verb
To reduce something or make it shorter
Usage examples:
Smoking was certainly one of the factors that foreshortened his life.

Foreshorten translation into English

Foreshorten: translate from English into Chinese

缩短

Foreshorten: translate from English into Dutch

Verkorten, Tekenen

Foreshorten: translate from English into French

Raccourcir

Foreshorten: translate from English into German

Verkürzen, Perspektivisch verkürzen

Foreshorten: translate from English into Hindi

पूर्वाभास, अग्रसंक्षेपण, अगला भाग छोटा दिखाई देना

Foreshorten: translate from English into Italian

Scorcio, Disegnare di scorcio

Foreshorten: translate from English into Korean

단축하다

Foreshorten: translate from English into Russian

Ракурс, Чертить в перспективе, Рисовать в ракурсе

Foreshorten: translate from English into Spanish

Acortar

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Foreshorten – similar words

foreshortens

verb
Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Usage examples:
Seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened

Foreshortens - all meanings in English

foreshortening

verb
Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Usage examples:
Seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened

verb
Present participle of foreshorten
Usage examples:
Smoking was certainly one of the factors that foreshortened his life.

Foreshortening - all meanings in English

foreshortened

verb
Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Usage examples:
Seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened

adjective
Reduced or made shorter
Usage examples:
Her sadly foreshortened life, this disadvantaged immigrant with a foreshortened education grew to b…

Foreshortened - all meanings in English

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