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# sleepwalker

noun (a sleepwalker, sleepwalkers)

«sleepwalker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person who gets up and walks about, or does other things, while still asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons sleepwalking is a sleep behaviour that is fairly common in children and usually stops as they grow up. Safety advice: gently guide a sleepwalker back to bed and keep doors and stairs safe. In stories a sleepwalker causes mystery or comedy. Myth: it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker — it is not harmful, though they may be confused.

### Examples

- My little brother is a sleepwalker and once ended up in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x1)
- The sleepwalker didn't remember anything in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x2)
- Lead a sleepwalker gently back to bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x3)
- Mum put a gate at the top of the stairs because I was a sleepwalker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x4)
- In the story, the sleepwalker wandered into the garden at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x5)
- Many children are sleepwalkers for a while. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/#x6)

### Note

Countable; one word. Verb: sleepwalk (sleepwalks, sleepwalked, sleepwalking). Also «sleepwalking» as a noun.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sleepwalker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sleepwalker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sleepwalker.html) on Mova free.