overblow
vərˈbloʊ verb (used with 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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to overblow a wind instrument.
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| —vb , -blows, -blowing, -blew, -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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