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overbend

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Meaning

  1. verb To bend over.
  2. verb To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.
  3. verb To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.
  4. verb 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.
  5. noun The portion of a pipeline that curves downward from a higher level to the inflection point where the surface holding the upper part is no longer supporting the pipe.
  6. noun An instance of overbending (bending too far).
  7. noun The amount by which a material has been overbent.
  8. noun A note that is played sharp due to overbending.

Similar words

bend over double over bend over backwards double up lean over backwards bend hunch over bend to someone's will upbend bend down

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