verb [VN]
1 (technical) to draw, photograph, etc. objects or people so that they look smaller or closer together than they really are:
Viewed from above, their bodies were foreshortened and partly hidden.
2 (written) to end sth before it would normally finish
SYNCURTAIL:
a foreshortened education
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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