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overblow

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Synonyms: overflow, overglow, overbrow, overslow, overbow, overblew, overblown, overcrow, overgrow, overbook, overflew

Antonyms: overflow, overglow, overbrow, overslow, overbow, overblew, overblown, overcrow, overgrow, overbook, overflew

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Verb

  1. To cover with blossoms or flowers.

Verb

  1. To blow over or across.
  2. To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
  3. To exaggerate the significance of something.
  4. To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
  5. 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. Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.
  7. To blow over; pass over; pass away.

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