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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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