wake
IPA: wˈeɪk
noun
- (often obsolete or poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
- A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
- (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
- A number of vultures assembled together.
- (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
- (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.
- A surname.
- Short for Wake County. [One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Raleigh, the state capital.]
- Short for Wake Island. [An island of the United States, among the islands of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.]
verb
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
- (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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Examples of "wake" in Sentences
- “The word wake implies a ship,” Halliday prompted.
- They wake Vera and the three spend the night outdoors.
- Fake security scams jump in wake of Conficker worm ...
- On the brink of sleep, a rustling and clawing wakes the man.
- In the morning, the stranger wakes up, claiming to have amnesia.
- In Buddhism the fish, which never sleeps, symbolizes wakefulness.
- He begins to hallucinate, and the sleeping tavern clientele wake up.
- Approach we along the moonglade! that is what we call the wake here.
- They passed the night on land, with great precautions and wakeful vigilance.
- A person who this film sees, is in a situation between sleep and wakefulness.
- They may experience sleep wake cycles, or be in a state of chronic wakefulness.
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- What Favre left in his wake is a Packers fan base that remains divided over Thompson's sound football decision to move on.
- I would wake from a dead sleep if I heard that and race to put him on the linoleum of the kitchen floor where the cleaning up was much easier.
- – In Ireland a wake is a midnight meeting, held professedly for the indulgence of holy sorrow, but usually it is converted into orgies of unholy joy.
- It didn't help Canada when the teams played last week, but after what they describe as a wake-up call the Canadians are playing a far more physical game than they did then.
- Is it possible that, in wake of the Hutaree arrests not to mention other terrorist acts by crazed Reichwhiners, some of the Republican politicians will try to walk back from their seditious rhetoric?