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.
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2. Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
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Songs, and deeds, and lives that lie
Foreshortened in the tract of time. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foreshorten
v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge},
{foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract},
{reduce}] [ant: {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand},
{expatiate}, {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out},
{lucubrate}]
2: shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of
depth
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