# foreshorten

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.
2. To abridge, reduce, contract.
3. To make shorter.

## Etymology
From fore- + shorten.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/foreshorten