oversleep
(verb) sleep longer than intended
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.]
• undersleep
• 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
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
