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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. draw more money from than is available;
- Example: "She overdrew her account"

2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
- Example: "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";
[syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]