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wake ¹  (wk)

v. woke (wk) or waked (wkt), waked or wok·en (wkn), wak·ing, wakes

v.intr.

1.

a. To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late.

b. To stay awake: Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.

c. To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness: suddenly woke to the danger we were in.

2. To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse.

v.tr.

1. To rouse from sleep; awaken.

2. To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse: wake old animosities.

3. To make aware of; alert: The shocking revelations finally woke me to the facts of the matter.

4.

a. To keep a vigil over.

b. To hold a wake over.

n.

1. A watch; a vigil.

2. A watch over the body of a deceased person before burial, sometimes accompanied by festivity. Also called regionally viewing.

3. wakes (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Chiefly British

a. A parish festival held annually, often in honor of a patron saint.

b. An annual vacation.

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[Middle English wakien, waken, from Old English wacan, to wake up and wacian, to be awake, keep watch; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

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waker n.

Usage Note: The pairs wake, waken and awake, awaken have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use. Only wake is used in the sense "to be awake," as in expressions like waking (not wakening) and sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up, and awake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up). Some writers have suggested that waken should be used only transitively (as in The alarm wakened him) and awaken only intransitively (as in He awakened at dawn), but there is ample literary precedent for usages such as He wakened early and They did not awaken her. In figurative senses awake and awaken are more prevalent: With the governor's defeat the party awoke to the strength of the opposition to its position on abortion. The scent of the gardenias awakened my memory of his unexpected appearance that afternoon years ago.

Regional Note: Regional American dialects vary in the way that certain verbs form their principal parts. Northern dialects seem to favor forms that change the internal vowel in the verbhence dove for the past tense of dive, and woke for wake: They woke up with a start. Southern dialects, on the other hand, tend to prefer forms that add an -ed to form the past tense and the past participle of these same verbs: The children dived into the swimming hole. The baby waked up early.

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wake ¹

Verb

[waking, woke, woken]

1. Also: (wake up) to become conscious again or bring (someone) to consciousness again after a sleep

2. wake up to make (someone) more alert after a period of inactivity

3. wake up to to become aware of: the world did not wake up to this tragedy until many people had died

4. waking hours the time when a person is awake: he often used his waking hours to write music

Noun

a watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person during the night before burial [Old English wacian]

USAGE: Where there is an object and the sense is the literal one wake (up) and waken are the commonest forms: I wakened him; I woke him (up). Both verbs are also commonly used without an object: I woke up. Awake and awaken are preferred to other forms of wake where the sense is a figurative one: he awoke to the danger.

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wake ²

Noun

1. the track left by a ship moving through water

2. in the wake of following soon after: the arrests come in the wake of the assassination [Scandinavian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wake - the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" aftermath, backwash consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
	2.	Wake - an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii Wake Island Battle of Wake, Battle of Wake Island - in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world
	3.	wake - the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" backwash moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	4.	wake - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" viewing vigil, watch - the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
Verb	1.	wake - be awake, be alert, be there         sit up, stay up - not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber - be asleep
	2.	wake - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" awake, come alive, wake up, waken, awaken, arouse change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	3.	wake - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" fire up, stir up, heat, ignite, inflame arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" ferment - work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"
	4.	wake - make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" alert, alarm - warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
	5.	wake - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, arouse reawaken - awaken once again bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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wake ¹

verb 1. awake, stir, awaken, come to, arise, get up, rouse, get out of bed, waken, bestir, rouse from sleep, bestir yourself << OPPOSITE fall asleep

2. awaken, arouse, rouse, waken, rouse someone from sleep

3. evoke, recall, excite, renew, stimulate, revive, induce, arouse, call up, awaken, rouse, give rise to, conjure up, stir up, rekindle, summon up, reignite

noun 4. vigil, watch, funeral, deathwatch, tangi N.Z.

wake someone up activate, stimulate, enliven, galvanize, fire, excite, provoke, motivate, arouse, awaken, animate, rouse, mobilize, energize, kindle, switch someone on, stir someone up

USAGE Both wake and its synonym waken can be used either with or without an object: I woke/wakened my sister, and also I woke/wakened (up) at noon. Wake, wake up, and occasionally waken, can also be used in a figurative sense, for example seeing him again woke painful memories; and it's time he woke up to his responsibilities. The verbs awake and awaken are more commonly used in the figurative than the literal sense, for example he awoke to the danger he was in.

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wake ²

noun 1. slipstream, wash, trail, backwash, train, track, waves, path in the wake of in the aftermath of, following, because of, as a result of, on account of, as a consequence of

Translations

wake [weɪk] [pt woke or waked, pp woken or waked] vt (also: wake up) → despertar

vi (also: wake up) → despertarse

n (for dead person) → velatorio;

(NAUT) → estela;

to wake up to sth (fig) → darse cuenta de algo;

in the wake of → tras, después de;

to follow in sb's wake (fig) → seguir las huellas de algn

wake [weɪk] [woke or waked , pt , woken or waked , pp ] [wəuk, ˈwəukn] vt (also: wake up) → réveiller

vi (also: wake up) → se réveiller

n (for dead person) → veillée f mortuaire;

(Naut) → sillage m;

to wake up to sth (fig) → se rendre compte de qch;

in the wake of (fig) → à la suite de;

to follow in sb's wake (fig) → marcher sur les traces de qn

wake [weɪk] [woke, waked , pt , woken, waked , pp ] vt (also: wake up) → wecken

vi (also: wake up) → aufwachen

n (for dead person) → Totenwache f;

(Naut) → Kielwasser nt;

to wake up to (fig) → sich dat bewusst werden +gen;

in the wake of (fig) → unmittelbar nach, im Gefolge +gen;

to follow in sb's wake (fig) → hinter jdm herziehen

wake [weɪk] vb [pt woke, waked, pp woken, waked] [wəuk, ˈwəukn]

vt (also: wake up) → svegliare

vi (also: wake up) → svegliarsi

n (for dead person) → veglia funebre;

(NAUT) → scia;

to wake up to sth (fig) → rendersi conto di qc;

in the wake of → sulla scia di;

to follow in sb's wake (fig) → seguire le tracce di qn

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wake¹

v wake [weik]

to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you? ontwaak, wakker word يَسْتَيْقِظ събуждам се vzbudit (se) vågne; vække wecken ξυπνώ despertar(se) ärkama, äratama بيدار شدن herätä, herättää (se) réveiller לְהִתעוֹרֵר जगाना probuditi (fel)ébred bangun vakna, vekja svegliare, svegliarsi 目覚める 잠이 깨다; ...의 잠을 깨우다 prabusti, budinti []mosties; []modināt bangun wakker worden, wakker maken vekke; våkne obudzić (się) acordar a (se) trezi будить; просыпаться zobudiť (sa) zbuditi (se) probuditi vakna, väcka ตื่นนอน; ปลุกให้ตื่น uyan(dır)mak 醒，喚醒 прокидатися; будити جاگنا یا جگانا tỉnh giấc 醒，唤醒

adj ˈwakeful

1 not asleep; not able to sleep a wakeful child. wakker, op en wakker أَرِق، غَيْر قادِر على النَّوْم буден (stále) bdící vågen schlaflos (ξ)άγρυπνος despierto ärkvelolev بيدار virkeä (bien) éveillé עֵר उन्नीद्र budan éber jaga andvaka sveglio 眠れない 잠들지 않은, 잠 못 이루는 nemiegantis, negalintis užmigti, budrus nomodā esošs; bezmiega mocīts tidak dapat tidur wakker våken; søvnløs czuwający, mający trudności ze spaniem desperto treaz бодрствующий bdelý, bezsenný, nespiaci buden budan vaken ที่ไม่สามารถหลับได้ uyanık 醒著的 невсипущий جاگتا ہوا thức 醒着的

2 (of a night) in which one gets little sleep We spent a wakeful night worrying about her. slapelose مُتَّسِم بالأرَق безсъние probdělý søvnløs schlaflos άγρυπνος en vela, desvelado, en blanco unetu بي خواب uneton (nuit) blanche עֵר विनिद्र budan álmatlan kurang tidur (and)vöku- insonne 眠れない 잠이 오지 않는 bemiegis bezmiega-; negulēts sedikit sahaja tidur di waktu malam slapeloos våke-(natt), søvnløs bezsenny insone fără somn, nedormit, (noapte) albă бессонный prebdený brez spanja besani vaken, sömnlös ที่นอนไม่หลับ uykusuz 不眠的 безсонний بے خوابی میں گزرنے والی رات thức trắng 不眠的

adv ˈwakefully

slapeloos بِأَرَق، بِعَدَم قُدْرَه على النَّوْم безсънно beze spánku vågent; søvnløst schlaflos άγρυπνα en blanco; alerta virgelt بطرز بيخواب unettomasti sans dormir בְּעֵרָנוּת चौकस रूप से budno éberen, álmatlanul tidak tidur án svefns (senza dormire) 眠れずに 잠 못 이루어 nemiegant, be miego nomodā dengan berjaga wakker, slapeloos (år)våkent, uten søvn bezsennie vigilantemente fără somn бессонно bez spánku brez spanja budno vaket อย่างตื่นตัว uykusuz/uyanık olarak 不眠地 невсипуче جاگتے ہوءے thao thức 不眠地

n ˈwakefulness

slaaploosheid إسْتيقاظ، أرَق، عَدَم النَّوْم безсъние nespavost; bdělost søvnløshed die Schlaflosigkeit ξαγρύπνια desvelo; vigilancia ärkvelolek بي خوابي virkeys insomnie; vigilance עֵרָנוּת चौकसी budnost éberség, álmatlanság keadaan jaga andvaka, svefnleysi; árvekni insonnia 不眠 잠 못 이룸 nemiegojimas, budėjimas, budrumas nomods; bezmiegs tidak tidur, berjaga slapeloosheid søvnløshet czuwanie vigilância insomnie; (stare de) veghe бессонница nespavosť; bdelosť budnost budnost vakenhet การตื่นตัว; การนอนไม่หลับ uykusuzluk 失眠 безсоння بے خوابی sự thao thức 失眠

v ˈwaken

to wake What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early. wakker maak يوقِظ удя се probudit (se) vække; vågne wecken, aufwachen ξυπνώ despertar(se) äratama, ärkama بيدار شدن herättää, herätä (se) réveiller לְהָעִיר जागना probuditi se felébreszt membangunkan vakna, vekja svegliare, svegliarsi 起こす ...을 일어나게 하다; 눈을 뜨다 prabusti, budinti []mosties; []modināt mengejutkan, terjaga ontwaken; wekken vekke; våkne obudzić się acordar a se trezi будить;просыпаться prebudiť (sa) prebuditi (se) probuditi vakna, väcka ตื่นนอน uyan(dır)mak 睡醒 прокидатися; будити بیدار ہونا یا کرنا đánh thức 睡醒

wake up

1 to wake Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night. wakker word يَسْتَيْقِظ събуждам се probudit se vågne op aufwachen ξυπνώ despertar(se) üles ärkama بيدار شدن herätä (se) réveiller לְהָעִיר जागना probuditi felébred bangun vakna svegliarsi 目を覚す 눈을 뜨다, 일어나다 pabusti []mosties terjaga wakker worden våkne obudzić się acordar a se trezi просыпаться prebudiť sa prebuditi se probuditi se vakna ตื่นขึ้น uyan(dır)mak 醒來 прокидатися نیند سے اٹھنا thức dậy 醒来

2 to become aware of It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough. besef يَعي، يُصْبِحُ يَقِظا لِ осъзнавам uvědomit si blive klar over sich bewußt werden αντιλαμβάνομαι despertar, darse cuenta taipama, teadvustama شست كسي خبردار شدن herätä huomaamaan prendre conscience de לְעוֹרֵר सचेत होना posvijestiti si, postati svjestan felocsúdik menyadari vakna til meðvitundar um (aprire gli occhi) 気づく 깨닫다 suvokti atjēgties; saprast menyedari zich bewust worden van få øynene opp for, bli klar over uświadomić sobie dar-se conta (de) a-şi da seama de осознать uvedomiť si zavesti se uvideti vakna [] เริ่มเข้าใจ farkına varmak 覺醒 прокидатися آگاہ ہونا thức tỉnh 觉醒