overblow

Etymology 1

From over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.

Etymology 2

From Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.

verb

1. (transitive) To blow over or across.
2. (transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
3. (transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
   if you do print the DUI story and sensationalize and overblow it 2006, Jock Lauterer, Community Journalism: Relentlessly Local
4. (transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
   The upper octaves of the flute's compass are produced by overblowing. 1909, Leander Jan Bekker, Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
5. (intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
   The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
6. (intransitive, nautical, archaic) Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.