Dictionary Entry
foreshorten
foreshorten is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
- 3verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
- 4verb
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
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