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OVERDRAW

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: overdrawn    , overdrew   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Example:

tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery

Synonyms:

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "overdraw" is one way to...):

misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overdraw"):

overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress (place special or excessive emphasis on)

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad (add details to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Draw more money from than is available

Example:

She overdrew her account

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overdraw" is one way to...):

draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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