foreshortened

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of foreshorten.
  foreshorten

  verb (used with object)

  to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of foreshorten.
  foreshorten

  verb (used with object)

  to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.

Example Sentences

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foreshortened

She has foreshortened arms and legs, with one digit on each hand.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025

The exception is Tom Sliter’s intimate close-up of two skaters’ feet and ankles, in which only foreshortened shadows disclose the existence of the full bodies beyond the frame.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

But his ability to engage in such hedonism is foreshortened by his wife’s domineering disapproval.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2019

The figures are often foreshortened and hover in abbreviated spaces.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018

At their feet they could see the grass of the outer bailey—it was horrible looking down on it—and a small foreshortened man, with two buckets on a yoke, making his way across to the menagerie.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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