Word Meanings - SLEEPWALKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Walking in one's sleep.
Related words: (words related to SLEEPWALKING)
- WALK-MILL
A fulling mill. Halliwell. - SLEEPWALKER
One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist. - SLEEP-AT-NOON
A plant which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. Dr. Prior. - SLEEPLESS
1. Having no sleep; wakeful. 2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron. -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n. - WALK
akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps; - SLEEPWAKING
The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep. - SLEEPWAKER
On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep. - SLEEPMARKEN
See 4 - SLEEPFUL
Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy. -- Sleep"ful*ness, n. - SLEEPISH
Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy. Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. Ford. - SLEEP
imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer. - WALKYR
See VALKYRIA - SLEEPING
from Sleep. Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner , a dormant partner. See under Dormant. -- Sleeping table , a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized - SLEEPILY
In a sleepy manner; drowsily. - WALKABLE
Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. Swift. - SLEEPINESS
The quality or state of being sleepy. - WALKER
A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. Etym: (more info) 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman. - SLEEPY
1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business; - SLEEPER
An animal that hibernates, as the bear. A large fresh-water gobioid fish . A nurse shark. See under Nurse. (more info) 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. 2. That which lies dormant, as a law. Bacon. 3. A sleeping - SLEEPWALKING
Walking in one's sleep. - SHOPWALKER
One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker. - SIDEWALK
A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. - TRACKWALKER
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks. - OUTSLEEP
To exceed in sleeping. Shak. - ROPEWALKER
A ropedancer. - ASLEEP
1. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton. 2. In the sleep of the grave; dead. Concerning them which are asleep . . . sorrow not, even as others which have - FLOORWALKER
One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. - DOGSLEEP
The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress. (more info) 1. Pretended sleep. Addison. - ROPEWALK
A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.