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overblow


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.
  3. to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.
  4. 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.

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
  3. to blow over, away, or across
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