OVERSLEEP

oversleep

(verb) sleep longer than intended

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

oversleep (third-person singular simple present oversleeps, present participle oversleeping, simple past and past participle overslept)

(intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended. [from 14th c.]

(reflexive, now, rare) To sleep for longer than one intended. [from 15th c.]

(transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.). [from 16th c.]

Antonyms

• undersleep

Anagrams

• overpeels, sleep over, sleepover

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*sleep", v. t.

Definition: To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

O`ver*sleep", v. i.

Definition: To sleep too long.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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