overblow
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o·ver·blow 
[oh-ver-bloh] Pronunciation Key verb, -blew, -blown, -blow·ing.
[oh-ver-bloh] Pronunciation Key verb, -blew, -blown, -blow·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
| 5. | to overblow a wind instrument. |
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| o·ver·blow
(ō'vər-blō') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. o·ver·blew (-blōō'), o·ver·blown (-blōn'), o·ver·blow·ing, o·ver·blows To blow (a wind instrument) so as to produce an overtone instead of a fundamental tone. |
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