Meaning of “foreshorten” in the English Dictionary

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"foreshorten" in English

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uk /fɔːˈʃɔː.tən/ us /fɔːrˈʃɔːr.t̬ən/

› to reduce something or make it shorter:

Smoking was certainly one of the factors that foreshortened his life.

› specialized art to draw, paint, or photograph people or objects to make them seem smaller or closer together than they really are

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foreshortened

adjective uk /fɔːˈʃɔː.tənd/ us /fɔːrˈʃɔːr.t̬ənd/

(Definition of “foreshorten” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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