Definition
To make something appear shorter or compressed by drawing or depicting it at an angle; to reduce something's apparent length or duration.
Etymology
Combining 'fore-' (before, in front) and 'shorten' (to make shorter). This artistic and linguistic term emerged during the Renaissance when European artists developed perspective techniques to create realistic depth in paintings.
Kelly Says
When you look at a superhero lying down and pointing at you in a comic book, their arm looks impossibly long and weird—that's foreshortening, an artistic trick that makes objects pointing toward you appear compressed, and Michelangelo was absolutely obsessed with mastering it to show off his skill!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቀ要 ዝርዝር
qe-ya zir-zir
ARالعربية
اختصاره
i-kht-sa-ra
BNবাংলা
সংক্ষিপ্ত করা
song-khip-to kor-a
CACatalà
redueix
re-dwei-ks
CSČeština
zkrátit
zkrá-tit
DADansk
forkorte
for-kor-te
DEDeutsch
verkürzen
ver-kur-zen
ELΕλληνικά
συρρικνωθεί
sir-ri-kno-the-i
ESEspañol
acortar
a-cor-tar
FAفارسی
کوتاه کردن
ko-ta-h ke-dar-an
FISuomi
lyhentää
ly-hen-taa
FRFrançais
raccourcir
ra-ku-r-sir
HIहिन्दी
कम करना
kam kar-na
HUMagyar
rövidíteni
ro-vid-i-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
pendekkan
pen-dek-kan
ITItaliano
accorciare
a-cor-cia-re
JA日本語
短縮する
tan-shu-ku suru
KMKM
តាមរយៈ
ta-am ro-ya-reuk
KO한국어
짧게 하다
jjal-gge ha-da
MRMR
कमी करणे
ka-mi kar-na-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
pendekkan
pen-dek-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ကျယ်ပြော
kyai-pya-o
NLNederlands
verkorten
ver-kor-ten
NONorsk
forkorte
for-kor-te
PLPolski
skrócić
skro-cic
PTPortuguês
encurtar
en-cur-tar
RORomână
a scurta
a scur-ta
RUРусский
укоротить
ukor-oti-t
SVSvenska
förkorta
for-kor-ta
TAதமிழ்
குறுக்கி
ku-ru-kki
TRTürkçe
kısalmak
ki-sal-mak
UKУкраїнська
скоротити
skoro-titi
VITiếng Việt
ngắn lại
ngăn-n lại