OVERBLOW


Meaning of OVERBLOW in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .