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sleepwalk

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sleep·walk  (slpwôk)
intr.v. sleep·walked, sleep·walk·ing, sleep·walks
To walk or perform other motor acts while asleep; somnambulate.

[Back-formation from sleepwalking.]

sleepwalker n.

sleepwalk [ˈsliːpˌwɔːk]
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to walk while asleep See also somnambulism
sleepwalker  n
sleepwalking  n & adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.sleepwalk - walk in one's sleep
walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
Translations
sleepwalk [ˈsliːpˌwɔːk] VIser sonámbulo, pasearse dormido

sleepwalk [ˈsliːpwɔːk] vimarcher en dormant

sleepwalk [ˈsliːpˌwɔːk] vicamminare nel sonno; (as a habit) → essere sonnambulo/a
she sleepwalks → soffre di sonnambulismo, è sonnambula

sleepwalk يَمشي أثناء نومه být náměsíčný gå i søvne schlafwandeln υπνοβατώ ser sonámbulo kävellä unissaan être somnambule mjesečariti essere sonnambulo 夢遊病で歩く 자면서 돌아다니다 slaapwandelen gå i søvne chodzić we śnie sonambular ходить во сне gå i sömnen เดินละเมอ uykuda yürüme mộng du 梦游


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