nnoun.actthe act of wakingSynset:awakening waking up
Examples:- it was an early awakening
- it was the waking up he hated most
Derivationally Related Form:awakenwaken
Hypernyms:arousal rousing
Inherited Hypernyms:awakeningarousalchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:reveille
vverb.bodycause to become awake or consciousSynset:arouse awaken rouse wake wake up waken
Examples:- He was roused by the drunken men in the street
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
Antonyms:cause to sleep
Derivationally Related Form:arouserarousalrouserawakening
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:awakenchange
Direct Hyponyms:bring aroundbring backbring roundbring tocallreawaken
Full Troponyms:bootbring tocallreawakenresurrectresuscitate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodystop sleepingSynset:arouse awake awaken come alive wake wake up waken
Examples:- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Antonyms:fall asleep
Derivationally Related Form:wakerarousalwakeningawakening
Hypernyms:change state turn
Inherited Hypernyms:wake upchange statechange
Entailment:catch some Z's kip log Z's sleep slumber
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s