overblow

[ oh-ver-bloh ]
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verb (used with object),o·ver·blew, o·ver·blown, o·ver·blow·ing.
  1. to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.

  2. to overinflate.

  1. to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.

  2. to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.

verb (used without object),o·ver·blew, o·ver·blown, o·ver·blow·ing.
  1. to overblow a wind instrument.

Origin of overblow

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at over-, blow2

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British Dictionary definitions for overblow

overblow

/ (ˌəʊvəˈbləʊ) /


verb-blows, -blowing, -blew or -blown
  1. music to blow into (a wind instrument) with greater force than normal in order to obtain a harmonic or overtone instead of the fundamental tone

  2. to blow (a wind instrument) or (of a wind instrument) to be blown too hard

  1. to blow over, away, or across

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