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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.
WAKE meaning: 1. to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: 2. the waves that a moving…. Learn more.
A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral. A funeral wake was in progress. Synonyms: vigil, watch, funeral, deathwatch More Synonyms of wake. 4. phrase. If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose. a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.
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”
