oversleep

verb
/əʊvəˈsliːp/UK/oʊvəɹˈslip/US

Etymology

From over- + sleep.

  1. inherited from *slēpaną — “to sleep
  2. inherited from *slāpan
  3. inherited from slēpan
  4. inherited from slepen
  5. prefixed as oversleep — “over + sleep

Definitions

  1. To sleep for longer than intended.

    • I overslept and was late for school.
  2. To sleep for longer than one intended.

    • After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […].
    • Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself.
    • The following morning, Toad, who had overslept himself as usual, came down to breakfast disgracefully late, [...].
  3. To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

    • to oversleep one's usual hour of rising

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA