/oh'veuhr bloh"/ , v. , overblew, overblown, overblowing .
v.t.
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.
v.i.
5. to overblow a wind instrument.
[ 1350-1400; ME; see OVER-, BLOW 2 ]