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1 foreground
(the part of a view or picture nearest to the person looking at it: a landscape, with two horses in the foreground.) πρώτο πλάνο -
2 Foreground
subs.P. and V. τὸ πρόσθεν, P. τὸ ἔμπροσθεν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Foreground
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3 shade
[ʃeid] 1. noun1) (slight darkness caused by the blocking of some light: I prefer to sit in the shade rather than the sun.) ίσκιος,σκιά2) (the dark parts of a picture: light and shade in a portrait.) σκίαση3) (something that screens or shelters from light or heat: a large sunshade; a shade for a light.) σκίαστρο,αμπαζούρ4) (a variety of a colour; a slight difference: a pretty shade of green; shades of meaning.) απόχρωση5) (a slight amount: The weather is a shade better today.) ίχνος,υποψία,ιδέα2. verb1) ((sometimes with from) to shelter from light or heat: He put up his hand to shade his eyes.) σκιάζω2) (to make darker: You should shade the foreground of that drawing.) βάζω σκιά σε3) ((with into) to change very gradually eg from one colour to another.) αλλάζω απόχρωση•- shaded- shades
- shading
- shady
- shadiness
- put in the shade
См. также в других словарях:
foreground — [fôr′ground΄] n. 1. the part of a scene, landscape, etc. nearest, or represented in perspective as nearest, to the viewer 2. the most noticeable or conspicuous position vt. ☆ to bring to or place in the foreground; emphasize; highlight … English World dictionary
Foreground — Fore ground , n. On a painting, and sometimes in a bas relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. {Distance}, n … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Foreground — [engl.], Vordergrund … Universal-Lexikon
foreground — (n.) 1690s, in the landscape sense, from FORE (Cf. fore ) + GROUND (Cf. ground) (n.). First used in English by Dryden ( Art of Painting ); Cf. Du. voorgrond … Etymology dictionary
foreground — ► NOUN 1) the part of a view or image nearest to the observer. 2) the most prominent or important position … English terms dictionary
foreground — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)graʊnd[/t]] foregrounds, foregrounding, foregrounded 1) N VAR: oft in the N The foreground of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you. He is the bowler hatted figure in the foreground … English dictionary
foreground — I UK [ˈfɔː(r)ˌɡraʊnd] / US [ˈfɔrˌɡraʊnd] verb [transitive] Word forms foreground : present tense I/you/we/they foreground he/she/it foregrounds present participle foregrounding past tense foregrounded past participle foregrounded to give… … English dictionary
foreground — noun VERB + FOREGROUND ▪ occupy ▪ A happy family occupies the foreground of the painting. PREPOSITION ▪ in the foreground ▪ This issue is very much in the foreground … Collocations dictionary
foreground — fore|ground [ˈfo:graund US ˈfo:r ] n 1.) the foreground the part of the view in a picture or a photograph that is closest to you when you are looking at it ≠ ↑background ▪ There were three figures in the foreground. 2.) be in the foreground to be … Dictionary of contemporary English
foreground — noun 1 the foreground the nearest part of a scene in a picture or a photograph 2 be in the foreground to be regarded as important and receive a lot of attention: Education and health were very much in the foreground during the post war years … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
foreground — n. in the foreground * * * [ fɔːgraʊnd] in the foreground … Combinatory dictionary
