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Definition of Overblow
1. v. i. To blow over, or be subdued.
2. v. t. To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
Definition of Overblow
1. Verb. (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To blow hard or with much violence. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To blow over or across. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) (music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overblow
1. to give excessive importance to [v -BLEW, -BLOWN, -BLOWING, -BLOWS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overblow
Literary usage of Overblow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"From the eminence known as Cliff Top, a little distance above Collingham on the
road from Wetherby to Kirkby overblow, there is an excellent view of this ..."
2. A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"From the eminence known as Cliff Top, a little distance above Collingham on the
road from Wetherby to Kirkby overblow, there is an excellent view of this ..."
3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"On September 24, at Waterford, Christopher J В Johnson, LRCP, of Kirkby overblow,
Yorkshire, .... overblow ..."
4. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"This surname still lives in co. York, and occurs early. Johannes Cayne, Knaresborough,
1379: ibid. p. 239. Johannes Cayne, Kirkby overblow, 1379: PT Yorks, ..."
5. Industrial Engineering: A Handbook of Useful Information for Managers by William Miller Barr (1918)
"The overblow in basic work is similar to that in acid work, in that it begins
when the usual combustibles in the bath are consumed and the iron itself ..."
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