Associations to the word «Foreshorten»
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Wiktionary
FORESHORTEN, verb. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.
FORESHORTEN, verb. To abridge, reduce, contract
FORESHORTEN, verb. To make shorter
Dictionary definition
FORESHORTEN, verb. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened".
FORESHORTEN, verb. Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.