Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
overshoe
overshoot
overshoot area
overshot
oversight
oversimplify
oversize
overskirt
oversleep
oversold
oversoul
overspend
overspill
overspread
overspun
overstaff
overstate
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

oversleep

o·ver·sleep [ vər slp ] (past and past participle o·ver·slept [ vər slépt ], present participle o·ver·sleep·ing, 3rd person present singular o·ver·sleeps)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb sleep longer than wished: to continue sleeping for longer than desired or intended

2. transitive verb sleep too late for something: to sleep beyond the time for something

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft