overdraw
Plural: overdraws
Verb
Verb Forms: overdrew, overdrawn, overdrawing, overdraws
- To draw checks for more money than an account holds.
- draw more money from than is available
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft
- To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.
- To exaggerate.
- To draw over the top of existing content.
- To draw the air in through a harmonica while adjusting the mouth so that the note goes up a half tone.
Noun
- The process by which, during the rendering of a three-dimensional scene, a pixel is replaced by one that is closer to the viewpoint, as determined by their Z coordinates.
Examples
- Trying to overdraw on my word knowledge, I sometimes invent words that aren’t valid.
Origin / Etymology
From over- + draw.
Synonyms
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
overdraw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoverdraw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overdraw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary