Definition of overdraw Overdraw

/owˈvɚdɹɔˌ/ - [owverdro] - o•ver•draw

We found 9 definitions of overdraw from 5 different sources.

What does overdraw mean?

Verb overdraws, overdrawing, overdrawn
overdraw - draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"
		draw off, withdraw, take out, draw remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
		overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
		understate, downplay, minimise, minimize represent as less significant or important
		misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to
		overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"
		vaunt, shoot a line, gasconade, brag, gas, boast, tout, bluster, swash, blow attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"
		aggrandise, aggrandize, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, pad, blow up add details to

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overdraw (Noun)
Commonly described in graphics technical terms as the process by which during the rendering of a scene, a pixel at a given X, Y location in the final image is replaced by one which is closer to the view point than the existing pixel as determined by their corresponding Z values.
overdraw (Noun)
A value determining/describing “Overdraw” or “Overdraw factor ” is commonly the number of times each pixel would have been overwritten in the course of rendering averaged over a given frame or series of frames.
overdraw (Verb)
To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft.

overdraw (v. t.)
To exaggerate; to overdo.
overdraw (v. t.)
To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit.

overdraw
ō-vėr-draw′, v.t. to draw overmuch: to draw beyond one's credit: to exaggerate.—n. O′verdraft, the act of overdrawing, the amount by which the cheque, &c., exceeds the sum against which it is drawn: a current of air passing over, not through, the ignited fuel in a furnace: an arrangement of flues by which the kiln is heated from the top toward the bottom—also O′verdraught