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- Dictionaryrouse/raʊz/
verb
- 1. cause to stop sleeping: "she was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder" Similar
- 2. make angry or excited: "the crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race" Similar Opposite
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ROUSE definition: 1. to wake someone up or make someone more active or excited: 2. to wake someone up or make…. Learn more.
The meaning of ROUSE is to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose : awaken. How to use rouse in a sentence. to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose : awaken; to stir up : excite; to cause to break from cover…
Rouse definition: to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.. See examples of ROUSE used in a sentence.
When someone calls out "rise and shine," they are trying to rouse you, to make you wake up. It's thought that the word rouse was originally a 15th-century term used by hawkers for the way the birds shook out their feathers when agitated.
Definition of 'rouse' rouse. (raʊz ) Word forms: rouses , rousing , roused. 1. verb. If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up. [literary] Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door. [VERB noun] When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse. [VERB] 2. verb.
1. to bring (oneself or another person) out of sleep, unconsciousness, etc, or (of a person) to come to consciousness in this way. 2. (tr) to provoke, stir, or excite: to rouse someone's anger. 3. rouse oneself to become active or energetic. 4. (Hunting) hunting to start or cause to start from cover: to rouse game birds. 5.
Definition of rouse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Rouse Definition. rouz. roused, rouses, rousing. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. roused, rouses, rousing. To wake (someone) up. American Heritage. To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack. Webster's New World. To rise from cover, etc.
Definitions of 'rouse' 1. If someone rouses you when you are sleeping or if you rouse, you wake up. [literary] [...] 2. If you rouse yourself, you stop being inactive and start doing something. [...] 3. If something or someone rouses you, they make you very emotional or excited. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'rouse'
to cause a feeling or emotion in someone: This issue is rousing a lot of public interest. rouse verb [T] (WAKE UP) to wake someone up: He was roused from a deep sleep. (Definition of rouse from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of rouse. in Chinese (Traditional) 喚醒, 激勵，使覺醒，使奮起… See more.
