Vi fant 6 definisjoner av foreshorten på engelsk.
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| foreshorten - shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | ||
| shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" | ||
| foreshorten - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" | ||
| abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | ||
| expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated" | ||
| minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" | ||
| edit out, edit, cut prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" | ||
| condense, concentrate, digest undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" | ||
