Associations to the word «Overblow»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OVERBLOW, verb. (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
OVERBLOW, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.
OVERBLOW, verb. (intransitive) To blow hard or with much violence.
OVERBLOW, verb. (transitive) To blow over or across.
OVERBLOW, verb. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
OVERBLOW, verb. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
OVERBLOW, verb. (transitive) (music) To blow a wind instrument hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.