Found 1 items, similar to overblow.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Overblow Overblow \O`ver*blow"\, v. i. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing. [1913 Webster] Overblow \O`ver*blow"\, v. t. 1. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. [1913 Webster] When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 2. To ascribe an unwarranted importance to. [PJC] 3. (Music) To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones. [PJC]