overblow
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overblow¹
verb overblows · overblowing · overblew · overblown
- To cover with blossoms or flowers.
overblow²
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From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
verb overblows · overblowing · overblew · overblown
- To blow over or across.
- To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- To exaggerate the significance of something. if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it
- To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual. The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing.
- Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register. The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
- Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail. Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
- To blow over; pass over; pass away. But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I hope now thou are / not drown'd. Is the storm overblown?
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verb to blow over, pass away
| Русский | ути́хнуть utíxnutʹ |
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