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o⋅ver⋅blow

[oh-ver-bloh] verb, -blew, -blown, -blow⋅ing.
–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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see over-, blow 2
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o·ver·blow   (ō'vər-blō')   
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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