English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] foreshorten [VT] ย่อข้อความให้สั้นลง (คำทางการ), See also: ทำให้สั้นขึ้น, Syn. abridge

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) foreshorten (v) (f oo1 sh oo1 t n) foreshortened (v) (f oo1 sh oo1 t n d) foreshortening (v) (f oo1 sh oo1 t n i ng) foreshortens (v) (f oo1 sh oo1 t n z)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary Verkürzungsschnur {f} | Verkürzungsschnüre {pl} foreshortening string | foreshortening strings [Add to Longdo]

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  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

From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:

  foreshorten [fɔːʃɔːtn]
     perspektivisch zeichnen
  

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