Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

foreshortened

 adjective
     
fore‧short‧ened formal
1 objects, places etc that are foreshortened appear to be smaller, shorter, or closer together than they really are:
Viewed from high up, their bodies were oddly foreshortened.
2 ended before the usual or expected time:
a foreshortened career
—foreshorten verb [transitive]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary