SOMNAMBULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somnambulate mean? 

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

1. walk in one's sleep

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMNAMBULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they somnambulate    ... he / she / it somnambulates   
Past simple: somnambulated   
Past participle: somnambulated   
-ing form: somnambulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk in one's sleep

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sleepwalk; somnambulate

Hypernyms (to "somnambulate" 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 somnambulate

Derivation:

somnambulation (walking by a person who is asleep)