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Meanings of foreshorten in English

Portuguese
encurtar
Catalan
encongir
Spanish
contraer

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.

    encurtar

    To draw the image of an object such that it appears to be reduced or shortened, in order to give the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye.

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          Usage of foreshorten in English
          1
          The mountains dwarf mankind and foreshorten the procession of its long generations.
          Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
          2
          Last year there were rumours that his knees were in such a chronic state that they would foreshorten his career.
          The Guardian
          3
          You foreshorten as though you never used the model, and you've caught Kami's pasty way of dealing with flesh in shadow.
          The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
          4
          I have often used inexact or foreshortened quotations, adapting them as necessary.
          A monster's notes
          5
          Its top was not foreshortened, nor its farther side and base invisible.
          Three More John Silence Stories
          6
          SIMPELIUS.-Anothergrand circumvallation, almost as large as Pentland, but unfortunately much foreshortened.
          The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
          7
          All his master ideas would have been found in it, foreshortened and concentrated.
          The Modern Regime, Volume 2
          8
          Seen closeup and directly from below, foreshortened and shrunk, it looks even scarier.
          The Guardian
          9
          MORETUS.- Amagnificentobject, 78 miles in diameter, but foreshortened into a flat ellipse.
          The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
          10
          She dashed across the cove, her bounds foreshortened by the wind.
          The story of edgar sawtelle
          11
          His face foreshortened but visible, Skeleton looked like a robot on automatic pilot.
          Shadowland
          12
          She even walks awkwardly; some feebleness in foreshortening the foot also embarrassing the sculptor.
          Mornings in Florence
          13
          LA PEYROUSE.- Amuchforeshortened walled-plain ,41miles in diameter, close to the limb, S.W.
          The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
          14
          Two days notice foreshortened the potential for dwelling too much on his potential debut.
          The Irish Times
          15
          ANAXIMINES.- Amuchforeshortened ring-plain, about 66 miles in diameter, on the E. of Philolaus.
          The Moon: A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical F...
          16
          There were slim figures at the bottom, foreshortened because they were seen from above.
          The Gods Themselves
          Translations for foreshorten
          Foreshorten through the time