Overstay

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstayed}or
     {Overstaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstaying}.]
     To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the
     appointed time; to overstay one's welcome. --Bp. Hall.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overstay
       v : stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" [syn: {outstay}]