Usually means: Exceeding intended angle in bending.
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  1. overbend: Merriam-Webster
  2. overbend: Wordnik
  3. overbend: Wiktionary
  4. Overbend: Dictionary.com
  5. Overbend: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. overbend: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Overbend: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. overbend: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. overbend: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Overbend: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (overbend)

verb:  To bend over.
verb:  To bend to excess; to bend farther than the desired or intended amount.
verb:  (guitar) To increase the tension on a string at the fret, causing the note to sharpen.
verb:  (harmonica) 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.
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.
noun:  An instance of overbending (bending too far).
noun:  The amount by which a material has been overbent.
noun:  (guitar) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.
noun:  (harmonica) A note that is played sharp due to overbending.

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