Foreshortens is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for FORESHORTENS in dictionary:

VERB:
• FORESHORTEN, 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

Words related to FORESHORTENS

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How to use FORESHORTENS in a sentence

• In the light of a vivid recollection, the long tract between fades and foreshortens, till only the Then and the Now are notable.
• The long hair hanging down from the body foreshortens the appearance of the legs and gives a quaint look to the moving herd.
• Consciousness itself is such a medium in respect to diffuse existence, which it foreshortens and elevates into synthetic ideas.
• The prophet always foreshortens his revelation, and generally blends the city of God with a vision of his own country transfigured.

Similar words containing SHORTEN without suffix s and without prefix fore

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