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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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to wake someone up or make someone more active or excited: He roused himself (from a pleasant daydream) and got back to work. The speaker attempted to rouse the crowd with a cry for action. Synonyms. awake literary. awaken literary. bestir yourself formal or humorous. wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of ROUSE is to arouse from or as if from sleep or repose : awaken. How to use rouse in a sentence.
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.
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' 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.
Definition of rouse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.