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Oversleep Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Oversleep has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

sleep longer than intended

2

To sleep for longer than intended.

See Also
oversleeping oversleeps sleep it out forsleep sleep in overdoss sleep oversleeper
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Origin

This word is formed by combining the prefix "over-" with "sleep." It originally meant to sleep too much or beyond the intended time.

Rhyming Words
eep beep veep neep weep heep geep peep meep yeep keep seep teep jeep deep bleep sleep sweep creep queep
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