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Definition of 'Wake'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) wake
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up).

2.  wake
to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awake:
to wake from one's daydreams.

3.  wake
to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken:
to wake to the situation.

4.  wake
to be or continue to be awake.

5.  wake
to hold a wake over a corpse.

6.  wake
to keep watch or vigil.

7. (v.t.) wake
to rouse from sleep; awaken (often fol. by up).

8.  wake
to rouse from lethargy, apathy, etc. (often fol. by up):
It woke us up to the need for conservation.

9.  wake
to hold a wake for.

10.  wake
to keep watch or vigil over.

11. (n.) wake
a watch kept, esp. for some solemn purpose.

12.  wake
a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial.

13.  wake
a local annual festival in England, formerly to honor the patron saint.

14.  wake
the state of being awake:
between sleep and wake.

15. (n.) wake
the track of waves left by a ship or boat moving through the water.

16.  wake
the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded:
The tornado left ruin in its wake.

Etymology: (1540–50; < MLG, D wake, or ON v&oogon;k hole in the ice)

Definition of 'Wake'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) aftermath, wake, backwash
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
"the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"

2. (noun) Wake Island, Wake
an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

3. (noun) wake, backwash
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

4. (verb) wake, viewing
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
"there's no weeping at an Irish wake"

5. (verb) wake
be awake, be alert, be there

6. (verb) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
stop sleeping
"She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

7. (verb) inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

8. (verb) wake
make aware of
"His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

9. (verb) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
cause to become awake or conscious
"He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

Definition of 'Wake'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) wake
to stop sleeping
Why did you wake the baby?; We woke to the sound of sirens.

2. (noun) wake
in the wake of
after or as a result of
public fears in the wake of the killings

Definition of 'Wake'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Wake
the track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army

2. (noun) Wake
the act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake

3. (noun) Wake
the state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil

4. (noun) Wake
an annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess

5. (noun) Wake
the sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish

6. (verb) Wake
to be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep

7. (verb) Wake
to sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel

8. (verb) Wake
to be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up

9. (verb) Wake
to be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active

10. (verb) Wake
to rouse from sleep; to awake

11. (verb) Wake
to put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite

12. (verb) Wake
to bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive

13. (verb) Wake
to watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body

Translation of 'Wake'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you?
Afrikaans: ontwaak, wakker word	Arabic: يَسْتَيْقِظ	Bulgarian: събуждам се
Brazilian: acordar	Czech: vzbudit (se)	German: wecken
Danish: vågne; vække	Greek: ξυπνώ	Spanish: despertar(se)
Estonian: ärkama, äratama	Farsi: بيدار شدن	Finnish: herätä
French: (se) réveiller	Hebrew: לְהִתעוֹרֵר	Hindi: जगाना
Croatian: probuditi	Hungarian: (fel)ébred	Indonesian: bangun
Icelandic: vakna, vekja	Italian: svegliare, svegliarsi	Japanese: 目覚める
Korean: 깨어나다	Lithuanian: prabusti, budinti	Latvian: []mosties; []modināt
Malay: bangun	Dutch: wakker worden, wakker mak	Norwegian: vekke; våkne
Polish: obudzić (się)	Persian: بيدار شدن	Pashto: ويښ پاتې كېدلو نه ويده كي
Portuguese: acordar	Romanian: a (se) trezi	Russian: будить; просыпаться
Slovak: zobudiť (sa)	Slovenian: zbuditi (se)	Serbian: probuditi
Swedish: vakna, väcka	Thai: ตื่นนอน; ปลุกให้ตื่น	Turkish: uyan(dır)mak
Taiwanese: 睡醒，喚醒	Ukrainian: прокидатися; будити	Urdu: جاگنا یا جگانا
Vietnamese: tỉnh giấc	Chinese: 醒，唤醒
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