outsleep
outsleep verb: to sleep longer than or beyond.
Verb
outsleep (third-person singular simple present outsleeps, present participle outsleeping, simple past and past participle outslept)
- To sleep longer than or beyond.
- And often in his secret soul he prays
To sleep through barren periods unaware,
Arousing at some longed-for date of pleasure;
Which having passed and yielded him small treasure,
He would outsleep another term of care.1874, James Thomson, chapter XIII, in The City of Dreadful Night - I stay in bed, outsleeping the rain and reading.1978, Audrey Sutherland, Paddling My Own Canoe
- And often in his secret soul he prays
Forms of outsleep
| third-person singular present | outsleeps |
|---|---|
| present participle | outsleeping |
| past participle | outslept |
| past | outslept |
Origin of outsleep
From out- + sleep.
Questions about outsleep
- What does outsleep mean?
- Outsleep means to sleep longer than or beyond.
- What part of speech is outsleep?
- Outsleep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outsleep?
- The past tense of outsleep is outslept.
Words near outsleep in the dictionary
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