Wake - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward (syn: backwash)
verb
- stop sleeping (syn: arouse, awake, awaken, waken)
- arouse or excite feelings and passions (syn: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up)
- make aware of
- cause to become awake or conscious (syn: arouse, awaken, rouse, waken)
Extra examples
She can never remember her dreams upon waking.
...my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife...
His superiority has woken an ambition in me.
He woke to danger.
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
When she woke, the sun was streaming through the windows.
Try not to wake the baby.
Nancy woke to the sound of birds outside her window (=she heard birds singing when she woke).
Finnegan's Wake
What time did you wake up this morning?
Be quiet, your father's asleep: don't wake him up.
You promised to wake with me the night before my wedding. (Ch. Brontë)
Please wake me at 6 AM.
He made enough noise to wake the whole house.
The negotiations have taken on added importance in the wake of the bomb attack.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: wake
he/she/it: wakes
present participle: waking
past tense: woke
past participle: woken
singular: wake
plural: wakes
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