foreshorten
Verb
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Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (synset 200244786)
"The manuscript must be shortened"subtypes:
- bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- concentrate, condense, digest - make more concise
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Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth (synset 200245170)
is a type of: shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
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