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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 can be a verb meaning to stop sleeping or a noun meaning waves or a funeral gathering. Learn how to use wake in different contexts with examples and synonyms.
- English (US)
A1. to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after...
- Znaczenie Wake, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
WAKE definicja: 1. to (cause someone to) become awake and...
- Wake: Russian Translation
WAKE translate: просыпаться, будить , кильватер , поминки ....
- Wake: German Translation
wake translate: wecken, das Kielwasser. Learn more in the...
- Wake Turkish Translation
WAKE translate: uyanmak, geminin arkasında kalan...
- Wake: Polish Translation
WAKE translate: budzić (się), kilwater, stypa, obudzić...
- Wake Spanish Translation
WAKE translate: despertar, despertarse, despertar. Learn...
- Wake: Danish Translation
wake - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- English (US)
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Wake can be a verb meaning to become or remain awake, or a noun meaning the track left by a moving object. Learn the difference between wake and wake, and see examples of both senses.
Wake can be a verb meaning to stop sleeping or a noun meaning waves or a funeral gathering. Learn how to use wake in different contexts with examples and synonyms.
Wake can be a verb meaning to become conscious or to rouse someone or something, or a noun meaning the track of waves behind a moving object, a social event before or after a funeral, or a state of being awake. Learn more about the word forms, pronunciation, and idioms of wake with Collins Dictionary.
Wake can be a verb meaning to stop sleeping, to stir, or to make aware, or a noun meaning the track left by something moving or the condition after something happens. Learn the differences between wake, waken, and awake, and see examples and idioms.
verb. arouse or excite feelings and passions. synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up. see more.
