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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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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 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.
Wake definition: to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).. See examples of WAKE used in a sentence.
Define wake. wake synonyms, wake pronunciation, wake translation, English dictionary definition of wake. v. woke or waked , waked or wok·en , wak·ing , wakes v. intr. 1. a. To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late. b. To stay awake: Bears wake...
Definition of wake verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
wake meaning, definition, what is wake: to stop sleeping, or to make someone sto...: Learn more.
WAKE meaning: 1. to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping: 2. after something has happened, and…. Learn more.
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.
