foreshorten
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
The manuscript must be shortened
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Sense 2 verb
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | elaborate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contraction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridgement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortener |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | abridger |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | edit out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowdlerize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shorten |