overblow.
To cover with blossoms or flowers.
Meaning & usage
To cover with blossoms or flowers.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow English overblow From over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).
To blow over or across.
To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
To exaggerate the significance of something.
To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
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.
To blow over; pass over; pass away.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
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