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- Dictionarywake/wāk/
verb
- 1. emerge or cause to emerge from a state of 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 including eating and drinking: "he was attending a friend's wake"
- 2. (in some parts of the UK) a festival and holiday held annually in a rural parish, originally on the feast day of the patron saint of the church: "his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"
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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.
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.
Wake definition: to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).. See examples of WAKE used in a sentence.
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”
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 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.
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.
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.
