Overblow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To blow (a wind instrument) so as to produce an overtone instead of a fundamental tone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cover with blossoms or flowers.
  • v. To blow over; pass over; pass away.
  • v. To blow hard or with much violence.
  • v. To blow over or across.
  • v. To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
  • v. To exaggerate the significance of something.
  • v. (music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To blow over, or be subdued.
  • verb-intransitive. To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
  • v. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
  • v. To ascribe an unwarranted importance to.
  • v. To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To blow over; pass over; pass away.
  • To blow hard or with too much violence.
  • To blow over or across.
  • To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
  • To blow or play (a musical wind-instrument) with sufficient force to sound one of the harmonics of the tube instead of its fundamental tone.
  • To cover with blossoms or flowers.
  • Word Usage
    "A spokeswoman for the US-led International Security Assistance Force said that coalition was "cautiously optimistic" about the Sangin deal but were reluctant to "overblow" its importance."
    Verb Form
    overblew    overblowing    overblown    overblows