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Significados de forshorten em inglês

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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        Examples for "foreshorten"
        Examples for "foreshorten"
        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