wake

wake: wake¹

verb (past woke or US, dialect, or archaic waked; past participle woken or US, dialect, or archaic waked)

1》 (often wake up) emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping.

    ↘(wake up to) become alert to or aware of.

    ↘cause to stir or come to life.

2》 Irish or N. Amer. dialect hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).

noun

1》 a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died.

    ↘(especially in Ireland) a party held after a funeral.

2》 (wakes) [treated as sing.] an annual festival and holiday in some parts of northern England.

Phrases

be a wake-up Austral./NZ informal be fully alert or aware.

Derivatives

waker noun

Origin

OE (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian 'remain awake, hold a vigil', of Gmc origin; cf. watch.

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wake²

noun a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.

Phrases

in the wake of following as a consequence or result.

Origin

C15: prob. via Mid. Low Ger. from ON vỏk, vaka 'hole or opening in ice'.

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Synonyms:

Watch, be awake, continue awake, Awaken, waken, rouse from sleep, Vigil, watching / Awake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep, cease from sleep, Arouse, rouse, excite, kindle, stimulate, provoke, stir up, put in motion, animate, put in action, summon up, Track (of a vessel), trail / Revel, carouse, feast, sit up late for festive purposes, Reanimate, revive, bring to life again / Be excited, be roused up, be active, Watch, attend in the night

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