foreshorten

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His eyes were still upon it, he was still regarding it at long range, through the shack door, getting the foreshorten of it, getting the middle distance, getting the perspective, utterly unable to stop his ceaseless staring into the emptiness of it, stop wondering what next and how next.

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  1. transitive verb To shorten the lines of (an object) in a drawing or other representation so as to produce an illusion of projection or extension in space.
  2. transitive verb To reduce the length of; curtail or abridge.

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  • Instead the detailing standard is to show the true size of a structural shape but foreshorten its length to fit onto the page and have the features attached be readable / understandable. —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • "My advice to business leaders is not to foreshorten the horizon at a moment like this." —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • "So my advice to business leaders would be not to foreshorten the horizon at a moment like this," he said. —  Free Internet Press
  • Create a regular foreshorten journal locate from your tweets? —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Title for foreshorten posts: If you ordered the pick above to YES, opt YES here if you poverty to attain the denomination for your regular foreshorten posts. —  xml's Blinklist.com
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/foʊrˈʃɔrtn/
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