overdraw

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ draw.

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. (archery) To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.

Translations

withdraw more money from an account than there is credit

• Dutch: in het rood gaan
• Icelandic: yfirdraga
• Norwegian: overtrekke

• Spanish: sobregirar (es)
• Swedish: övertrassera (sv)

Noun

overdraw (plural overdraws)

1. 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.
2. 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.

References

• overdraw in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• overdraw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• wardrove