wake
/ˈweɪ̯k/noun, verb1 syllable
Wake means: stop sleeping.
Synonyms for wake31
noun, as in the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
noun, as in an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
noun, as in the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
noun, as in a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
verb, as in cause to become awake or conscious
Opposites of wake
What does wake mean?9
verb
stop sleeping“She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”
arouse or excite feelings and passions“The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor”
cause to become awake or conscious“He was roused by the drunken men in the street”
be awake, be alert, be there
to alert someone to something“His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation”
noun
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)“the aftermath of war”
an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward“the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe”
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial“there's no weeping at an Irish wake”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with wake?26
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Wake in a sentence
- When you wake up tomorrow morning, you will find a wonderful thing.CM
- Be quiet, or the baby will wake up.CM
- Morning is not at dawn, but at the moment when you wake up.FeuDRenais
- Someday, you'll wake up and find yourself dead.Zifre
- We're counting on you to wake us up in time, so don't fall asleep.CK
- We don't want to wake everybody up, do we?CK
- In the wake of the heavy rain, there was a major flood.AlanF_US
- Please keep quiet, so you don't wake the baby up.CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of wake
as a noun
- plural
- wakes
as a verb
- past tense
- woke
- past participle
- woken
- present participle
- waking
- third-person singular
- wakes