verb, -drew, -drawn, -draw⋅ing.| 1. | to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account. |
| 2. | to strain, as a bow, by drawing too far. |
| 3. | to exaggerate in drawing, depicting, portraying, or describing: The author has overdrawn the villain to the point of absurdity. |
| 4. | to overdraw an account or the like: It ruins one's credit to overdraw frequently at a bank. |
| 5. | (of a stove, fireplace, etc.) to draw excessively; have too strong an updraft: When the flue overdraws, all the heat goes right up the chimney. |