overblow (English, verb)
expansion: overblow (third-person singular simple present overblows, present participle overblowing, simple past overblew, past participle overblown)
Senses:
glosses: To blow over or across.
tags: transitive
glosses: To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
tags: transitive
glosses: To exaggerate the significance of something.
tags: transitive
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
tags: transitive
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
tags: intransitive
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.
tags: archaic
intransitive
glosses: To blow over; pass over; pass away.
tags: intransitive
obsolete
Forms:
form: overblows
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overblowing
tags: participle
present
form: overblew
tags: past
form: overblown
tags: participle
past