Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. Overdrew; p. p.
Overdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the
proper amount or limit; to draw more than the balance in
one's account.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overdraw
v 1: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her
account"
2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, hyerbolise,
magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]
[also: overdrew, overdrawn]
WordNet (r) 2.0
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "overdraw":
aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, build up, burlesque,
camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort,
draw the longbow, embellish, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble,
go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify,
make much of, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent,
misstate, misteach, overcharge, overdevelop, overdistend, overdo,
overestimate, overexpand, overextend, overpaint, overpraise,
overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspend, overstate,
overstrain, overstress, overstretch, pad, parody, pervert,
pile it on, puff, slant, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, swell,
talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, twist, understate,
warp, wrench
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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