overblow
To cover with blossoms or flowersTo cover with blossoms or flowers.
» If you ask me, it's completely overblown.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To cover with blossoms or flowers.
(transitive)To blow over or across.
(transitive)To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
(transitive)To exaggerate the significance of something.
(transitive)To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
(intransitive)Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
(archaic, intransitive)Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.
(intransitive, obsolete)To blow over; pass over; pass away.
ути́хнутьutíxnutʹ
Examples
2 sentencesIf you ask me, it's completely overblown.
How can we trust this plan if it is talked about in such overblown terms?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
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Forms
overblows, overblowing, overblew, overblownWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle