Meaning

5 senses

  1. To withdraw more money from an account than there is credit; to make an overdraft

    überziehen

    draw more money from than is available

  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.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. My account is overdrawn.

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  2. Tom has overdrawn his account.

    deTom hat sein Konto überzogen. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Tom is overdrawn.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
withdraw more money from an account than there is credit:

Forms

overdraws, overdrawing, overdrew, overdrawn
Base formoverdraw · to overdraw
3rd person singularoverdraws
Present participleoverdrawing
Past simpleoverdrew
Past participleoverdrawn

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverdraw
he, she, itoverdraws

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverdrew

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overdrawn
he, she, ithas overdrawn

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overdraw

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoverdrawer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overdoseoverdraftC1overdressoverdrive

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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