OVERDRAW

overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”

overdraw

(verb) draw more money from than is available; “She overdrew her account”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

overdraw (third-person singular simple present overdraws, present participle overdrawing, simple past overdrew, past participle overdrawn)

To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft

(archery) To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.

(dated) To exaggerate.

(computer graphics) To draw over the top of existing content.

Noun

overdraw (countable and uncountable, plural overdraws)

(computer graphics) 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.

Anagrams

• wardrove

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*draw", v. t. [imp. Overdrew; p. p. Overdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]

1. To exaggerate; to overdo.

2. (Banking)

Definition: To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COVERT

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