Overblow /(?)/
O·ver·blow
Overblow
v. i.
- To blow over, or be subdued. [R.]
- 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. (Mus.)
Overblow
v. t.
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To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
When this cloud of sorrow's overblown.
- To ascribe an unwarranted importance to.
- To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones. (Music)