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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.
A1. to ( cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: Did you wake at all during the night? Please wake me early tomorrow. I woke up with a headache. Jane's hand on my shoulder woke me out of/from a bad dream. Synonyms. awake literary. awaken literary. bestir yourself formal or humorous. rouse. See also.
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. Something woke her in the middle of the night. b. : stir, excite. an experience that woke old feelings. c. : to arouse conscious interest in : alert usually used with to.
Wake definition: to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).. See examples of WAKE used in a sentence.
Definition of wake verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
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”
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.
in the wake of sth after something has happened , and often because it has happened : Airport security was extra tight in the wake of last week's bomb attacks .
to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation.
