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foreshorten

/ foreshorten /

verb

verb Sense 1

shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

Type of:

shorten

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

"The manuscript must be shortened"

Opposites:

elaborate lucubrate expatiate exposit enlarge

Type of:

decrease lessen minify

Kinds of:

bowdlerize bowdlerise expurgate castrate shorten

Derived:

contraction shortener abridger abbreviator condensation

Verb group:

edit cut edit out

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Somebody ----s somebody PP

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