Definitions For Overblow

Etymology 1

from over + blow + t2=to flower, bloom.

Verb

overblows , overblowing , overblew , overblown (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.

Etymology 2

from {{etyl + enm + en}} overblowen, equivalent to over + blow.

Verb

overblows , overblowing , overblew , overblown (intransitive, obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away. (intransitive) To blow hard or with much violence. (transitive) To blow over or across. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something. (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual. (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.

Translations

Russian: ути́хнуть, n {{checktrans-top}} Mandarin: {{t-check, cmn, 超吹, sc=Hani}}

Anagrams

blow over, bowl over

Is Overblow a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Overblow is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

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