overblow
verb
1
: to dissipate by or as if by wind : blow away
2
: to cover (as with snow) by blowing or being blown
3
: to blow (a pipe or other wind instrument) so vigorously as to evoke undesirable overtones that sometimes completely mask the fundamental tone
4
: to continue to blow in a converter after the impurities have been removed (as carbon from iron or sulfur from copper) completely or below a proper percentage
1
of the wind, archaic
: to blow too hard to allow light sails (as topsails) to be carried
2
: to force wind into a wind musical instrument in such a way as to change its pitch typically producing an overtone instead of its fundamental tone
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“Overblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblow. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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