Thesaurus: overblow

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1. v. i. To blow over, or be subdued.
2. v. i. To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
3. v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
4. 1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser. 2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.
5. To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone,or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of aflute are produced by overblowing.
6. v. i. To blow over, or be subdued. v. i. To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing. v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.