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- Dictionaryforeshorten/fɔːˈʃɔːt(ə)n/
verb
- 1. portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision: "seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened"
- 2. prematurely or dramatically shorten or reduce (something) in time or scale: "our experience is that it is usually a mistake to try to foreshorten the process"
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The meaning of FORESHORTEN is to shorten by proportionately contracting in the direction of depth so that an illusion of projection or extension in space is obtained. How to use foreshorten in a sentence.
FORESHORTEN definition: 1. to reduce something or make it shorter: 2. to draw, paint, or photograph people or objects to…. Learn more.
Foreshorten definition: to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye.
foreshorten something/somebody (specialist) to draw, photograph, etc. objects or people so that they look smaller or closer together than they really are. Viewed from above, their bodies were foreshortened and partly hidden.
To foreshorten someone or something means to draw them, photograph them, or see them from an unusual angle so that the parts of them that are furthest away seem smaller than they really are. She could see herself in the reflecting lenses, which had grotesquely foreshortened her.
FORESHORTEN meaning: 1. to reduce something or make it shorter: 2. to draw, paint, or photograph people or objects to…. Learn more.
When an artist foreshortens, she makes an object appear closer or a distance shorter than it is, to create a sense of depth in a painting or drawing. To foreshorten is to create a kind of optical illusion simply by making lines shorter or angling the perspective in a certain way.
