o•ver•blow
Pronunciation: (ō"vur-blō'), [key]
— v., -blew, -blown, -blow•ing.
—v.t.
- to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
- to overinflate.
- to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.
- to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.
—v.i.
- to overblow a wind instrument.
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