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- Dictionarywake/weɪk/
verb
- 1. emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping: "she woke up feeling better" Similar Opposite
- 2. hold a vigil beside (someone who has died): dialect Irish, North American "we waked Jim last night"
noun
- 1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances: "he was attending a friend's wake"
- 2. an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church: "his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"
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WAKE definition: 1. to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: 2. the waves that a moving…. Learn more.
1. : to stand watch over (someone or something) especially : to hold a wake over. 2. a. : to rouse from or as if from sleep : awake, wake up.
noun [ C ] us / weɪk / uk / weɪk / wake noun [C] (WATER) the waves that a moving ship or object leaves behind: The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship. _laurent/E+/GettyImages.
When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
Wake definition: to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).. See examples of WAKE used in a sentence.
1. a. To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late. b. To stay awake: Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter. c. To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness: suddenly woke to the danger we were in. 2. To hold or attend the wake of someone who has died. v.tr. 1.
Definition of wake verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. arouse or excite feelings and passions. synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up. see more. noun. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward. “the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe”
WAKE meaning: 1. to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping: 2. after something has happened, and…. Learn more.
Wake Definition. To come out of sleep or a state like or suggestive of sleep, as a stupor or trance; awake. To be or stay awake. During one's waking hours. To arouse, excite, or stir up (passions, etc.) or evoke (a sound, echo, etc.) To keep watch or vigil over; esp., to hold a wake over (a corpse)
