sleepwalker

«sleepwalker» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who gets up and walks about, or does other… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sleepwalker, sleepwalkers)

meaning for a pupil

A person who gets up and walks about, or does other things, while still asleep. tree →

sense 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 →
• The sleepwalker didn't remember anything in the morning. tree →
• Lead a sleepwalker gently back to bed. tree →
• Mum put a gate at the top of the stairs because I was a sleepwalker. tree →
• In the story, the sleepwalker wandered into the garden at midnight. tree →
• Many children are sleepwalkers for a while. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Waking a sleepwalker will not kill them, though they may be confused; it is best to guide them gently back to bed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sleepwalker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.