SLEEPWALK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleepwalk mean? 

• SLEEPWALK (verb)
  The verb SLEEPWALK has 1 sense:

1. walk in one's sleep

  Familiarity information: SLEEPWALK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEPWALK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sleepwalk    ... he / she / it sleepwalks   
Past simple: sleepwalked   
Past participle: sleepwalked   
-ing form: sleepwalking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk in one's sleep

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sleepwalk; somnambulate

Hypernyms (to "sleepwalk" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue sleepwalk

Derivation:

sleepwalker (someone who walks about in their sleep)

sleepwalking (walking by a person who is asleep)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include nightmare disorders, sleep terror disorders, sleepwalking, and restless leg syndrome.

(Parasomnia, NCI Thesaurus)