oversleep
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Is oversleep a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of oversleep?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended.Examples: "I overslept and was late for school."intransitive
2. (reflexive, now rare) To sleep for longer than one intended.Examples: "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, [...]."archaicreflexive
3. (transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).Examples: "to oversleep one's usual hour of rising"transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary