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overdraw

overdraw verb: to withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft.

Verb

overdraw (third-person singular simple present overdraws, present participle overdrawing, simple past overdrew, past participle overdrawn)

  1. To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft
  2. To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.
  3. (dated) To exaggerate.
  4. To draw over the top of existing content.
  5. To draw the air in through a harmonica while adjusting the mouth so that the note goes up a half tone.

Noun

overdraw (countable and uncountable, plural overdraws)

  1. The process by which, during the rendering of a three-dimensional scene, a pixel is replaced by one that is closer to the viewpoint, as determined by their Z coordinates.

overdraw meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

overdraw in Tamil

மிகைப்பற்றுப் பெறுதல்

overdraw in Malayalam

അധികം പറ്റുക, കൂടുതൽ പണം വാങ്ങുക, അതിശയോക്തി പ്രയോഗിക്കുക

Forms of overdraw

Verb
third-person singular presentoverdraws
present participleoverdrawing
pastoverdrew
past participleoverdrawn
Noun
pluraloverdraws

Origin of overdraw

From over- + draw.

Words formed from overdraw

Questions about overdraw

What does overdraw mean?
Overdraw means to withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft.
What is overdraw in Tamil?
Overdraw in Tamil is மிகைப்பற்றுப் பெறுதல். See Overdraw meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overdraw?
Overdraw can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overdraw?
The past tense of overdraw is overdrew.

Words near overdraw in the dictionary

  1. overdrapery
  2. overdrapes
  3. overdraping
  4. overdraught
  5. overdraughts
  6. overdraw
  7. overdraw the badger
  8. overdrawer
  9. overdrawers
  10. overdrawing
  11. overdrawing the badger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overdraw (page history and authors); overdraw (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overdraw (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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