Definition of "overblow" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.

verb

1. (transitive) To blow over or across.

2. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.

3. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.

4. (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.

5. (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.

   • The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.

6. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.

7. (intransitive, obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.