foreshorten

foreshorten has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• v. t.. To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
• v. t.. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
• v.. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
• v.. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth