Overblows vs Overbows - What's the difference?
overblows | overbows |
(overblow)
To cover with blossoms or flowers.
(obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
*:But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I hope now thou are / not drown'd. Is the storm overblown ?
To blow hard or with much violence.
To blow over or across.
To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
To exaggerate the significance of something.
* 2006 , Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local
(music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
* 1909 , Leander Jan Bekker, Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
(overbow)
(obsolete) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
As verbs the difference between overblows and overbows
is that overblows is (overblow) while overbows is (overbow).overblows
English
Verb
(head)overblow
English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) overblowen, equivalent to .Verb
- if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it
- The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing .
Anagrams
* *overbows
English
Verb
(head)overbow
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Fuller)