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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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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.
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.
an occasion when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person's life. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. To cause to come out of sleep; awaken. 2. To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse: wake old animosities. 3. To make aware; alert or enlighten: The report woke me to the facts of the matter. n. 1. A gathering of people in the presence of the body of a deceased person in order to honor the person and console one another.
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”
Definition of wake verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. uk / weɪk / us. 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. wake noun (SHIP) the waves behind a moving ship. wake noun (FUNERAL) an occasion when people come together to remember someone who has recently died.
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