Associations to the word «Overdraw»

Wiktionary

OVERDRAW, verb. To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft
OVERDRAW, verb. (archery) To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.
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.

Dictionary definition

OVERDRAW, verb. Draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account".
OVERDRAW, verb. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley