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wake1 /wāk/ intransitive verb (pat woke or (archaic) waked /wākt/; pap woˈken or (archaic) waked, (rare) woke)- To be or remain awake, or active or vigilant
- To keep watch or vigil, or pass the night in prayer
- To hold a wake
- To awake or be roused from sleep or from indifference, day-dreaming, etc (often with up)
- To become animated or lively
- To be stirred up, aroused
- To hold a late revel (obsolete)
transitive verb- To rouse from sleep
- To keep vigil over (obsolete or dialect)
- To excite, stir up (eg feelings, echoes)
- To disturb (eg the night or silence) with noise
- To animate
- To reanimate, revive
noun- The feast of the dedication of a church, formerly kept by watching all night
- A festival
- (usu in pl) an annual holiday esp in N England, as in Wakes Week (dialect)
- A watch or vigil beside a corpse, sometimes with revelry
- The act or state of waking (obsolete except in sleep and/or wake, wake and/or dream)
- A serenade (James Hogg)
ORIGIN: A combination of an OE strong verb wacan to be born, to awake, and an OE weak verb wacian to be awake, to watch; cf watch wakeˈful adjective - Not asleep
- Unable or indisposed to sleep
- Vigilant, watchful
- Waking
- Awakening or rousing (Milton)
wakeˈfully adverb wakeˈfulness noun wakeˈless adjective (of sleep) sound, undisturbed wāˈker noun Someone who wakes wāˈking noun adjective - That wakes, keeps watch, or is vigilant
- That rouses or becomes awake
- Passed, or experienced, in the waking state
wakeˈman noun (archaic) A watchman wakeˈrife /-rif or -rīf/ adjective (Scot) - Wakeful
- Vigilant
wakeˈ-robin noun - The cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum
- The spotted orchis, Orchis maculata
- Applied to various other flowers, esp, in the USA, to any of the genus Trillium
wakeˈ-up noun (Aust informal) A wide-awake person, esp in be a wake-up to to be alert to wakeˈ-up call noun - A prearranged telephone call to inform someone that it is time to get up
- Something that makes people aware of an unsatisfactory, dangerous, or difficult situation (informal)
waking hours plural noun The period of the day during which one is normally awake wake a (or the) night To remain awake, or be up and about, all night wake to or wake up to To become or make conscious of, alive to wake up and smell the coffee To become aware of the reality of the situation |