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# sleepwalking

noun (sleepwalking, uncountable); verb, -ing form of sleepwalk (sleepwalk, sleepwalks, sleepwalked, sleepwalking)

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

## Everyday

1. Sleepwalking is getting up and walking around while you are still asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#m1)
2. Sleepwalking can also mean doing something without thinking or noticing, as if asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons about sleep, sleepwalking is something some children do, usually in deep sleep, and they often do not remember it. In everyday life, families lock doors and put gates on stairs to keep a sleepwalker safe. In stories it is a funny or spooky event.

### Examples

- My brother was sleepwalking and ended up in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x1)
- Sleepwalking is quite common in children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x2)
- She has no memory of sleepwalking last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x3)
- Dad put a gate at the top of the stairs because of my sleepwalking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x4)
- Is it safe to wake someone who is sleepwalking? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x5)
- The character in the story went sleepwalking across the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x6)
- Being very tired can make sleepwalking more likely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepwalking/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable as a noun. A person who does it is a «sleepwalker». Myth: waking a sleepwalker is not dangerous, but they may feel confused; the best thing is to gently lead them back to bed. Most children grow out of sleepwalking.

## On Mova

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