Found 3 hits - Term: overdraw, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overdraw \o`verdraw"\, 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
see also:
overdrew overdrawn overdrawing
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
overstate exaggerate hyperbolize hyerbolise magnify amplify
understate overdrew overdrawn
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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