overblow

== English == === Etymology 1 === From over- +‎ blow (“to flower, bloom”). ==== Verb ==== overblow (third-person singular simple present overblows, present participle overblowing, simple past overblew, past participle overblown) (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- +‎ blow. ==== Verb ==== overblow (third-person singular simple present overblows, present participle overblowing, simple past overblew, past participle overblown) (transitive) To blow over or across. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something. (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual. (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail. (intransitive, obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “overblow, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === blow over, bowl over, overbowl