Foreshorten is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for FORESHORTEN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained
• portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it really is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision
• prematurely or dramatically shorten or reduce (something) in time or scale
• To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.
• Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination.
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

Words related to FORESHORTEN

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Words that contain FORESHORTEN

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How to use FORESHORTEN in a sentence

• The mountains dwarf mankind and foreshorten the procession of its long generations.

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