Overdrawn

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overdrawn
       See {overdraw}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overdrawn":
     aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, exaggerated,
     excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent,
     high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, magnified, overdone,
     overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overlarge,
     overpraised, oversold, overstated, overstrained, overstressed,
     overwrought, prodigal, profuse, puffed, stretched, superlative,
     touted