oversleep

[oh-ver-sleep]

verb (used without object), o·ver·slept, o·ver·sleep·ing.

to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.

verb (used with object), o·ver·slept, o·ver·sleep·ing.

to sleep beyond (a certain hour): She had overslept her usual time of arising.

to let (oneself) sleep past the hour of arising: Of all mornings to oversleep myself!

Origin of oversleep

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at over-, sleep

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Related Words for overslept

hibernate, crash, languish

Examples from the Web for overslept

Historical Examples of overslept

She overslept and missed her first recitation yesterday morning.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
All might have gone smoothly if only she had not overslept one morning in late September.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Well, the fact is, I overslept and decided to omit the breakfast.
The Woman-Haters
Joseph C. Lincoln
Eddie was Pheeny's nurse that night and overslept in the morning.
In a Little Town
Rupert Hughes
A conscience that had overslept itself began to stir and waken.
Quin
Alice Hegan Rice

British Dictionary definitions for overslept

oversleep

verb -sleeps, -sleeping or -slept

(intr) to sleep beyond the intended time for getting up

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Word Origin and History for overslept

oversleep

late 14c., from over- + sleep (v.). Related: Overslept; oversleeping. Old English had a noun oferslæp "too much sleep."