Meaning

4 senses

  1. To bend over.

  2. To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.

  3. To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.

  4. To overblow or overdraw in order to create a note that is sharper; to move the point in the mouth where airflow is narrowest forward.

Origin

From over- + bend.

From over- + bend.

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Forms

overbends, overbending, overbent, overbent
Base formoverbend · to overbend
3rd person singularoverbends
Present participleoverbending
Past simpleoverbent
Past participleoverbent

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverbend
he, she, itoverbends

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverbent

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overbent
he, she, ithas overbent

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overbend

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overallB2overbearoverboardB2overbookB2
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