foreshortening
present participle offoreshorten
foreshorten
verb[T]
uk/fɔːˈʃɔː.tən/us/fɔːrˈʃɔːr.t̬ən/toreducesomething or make itshorter:
Smoking wascertainlyone of thefactorsthat foreshortened hislife.
artspecialized
todraw,paint, orphotographpeopleorobjectsto make themseemsmallerorclosertogether than they really are
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
- tumble
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Examplesofforeshortening
foreshortening
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This extreme and obviously unsuccessful experiment with the possibilities of perspectivalforeshorteningis marked through with every sign of displeasure.
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Busy work and social schedules and early school start times in high school also influence sleep schedules,foreshorteningthe number of hours devoted to sleep.
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An inadequate antegrade blood supply to the fetal aortic arch and its preferential uptake by the rapidly growing brain lead to tubular hypoplasia andforeshorteningof the distal arch.
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This increasing underestimation of larger right ventricular volumes seems to be based onforeshorteningof the long cross-sectional axis of the right ventricle as seen in the transesophageal four-chamber view.
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The reprise at the conclusion of the symphony does not employ this 7-bar extension - thereby creating, in its context, the effect of an intensifying variation and 'foreshortening'!
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This alteration of the spatial orientation of the long axis can be followed with the transthoracic transducer in order to obtain an optimal four chamber view without considerableforeshortening.
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To begin with, 1979 shows aforeshorteningof perspective which does not altogether assist in solving a very real problem.
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That leads to aforeshorteningof the view of oncoming cars and eventually to accidents.
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Ten years had not passed before we were faced with demands for its revision andforeshortening.
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The working group deprecated anyforeshorteningof the initial programme, and also recommended the continuation of the initial programme.
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I hope that such aforeshorteningof the programme may be considered.
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I am quite certain that in the role that she played in the other place she would not be a party in any way toforeshorteningthe correct procedures.
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Due to its location, the crater has a distinctly oval shape because offoreshortening.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His fresco paintings are notable for the use offoreshortening.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to its location the crater appears very oval because offoreshortening, and it is viewed almost from the side.
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