Wake Definition

wāk
waked, wakes, waking, woke
verb
waked, wakes, waking, woke
To come out of sleep or a state like or suggestive of sleep, as a stupor or trance; awake.
Webster's New World
To be or stay awake.
During one's waking hours.
Webster's New World
To arouse, excite, or stir up (passions, etc.) or evoke (a sound, echo, etc.)
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To keep watch or vigil over; esp., to hold a wake over (a corpse)
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To become active or animated after inactivity or dormancy.
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noun
wakes
The state of being awake.
Webster's New World
A gathering of people in the presence of the body of a deceased person in order to honor the person and console one another.
American Heritage
A vigil over a corpse before burial.
Webster's New World
An annual parish festival, originally held in honor of a patron saint.
Webster's New World
An annual vacation.
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Wiktionary

An island in Micronesia, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior and used solely by the United States Air Force.

Wiktionary
idiom
in the wake of
  • Following directly on.
  • In the aftermath of; as a consequence of.
American Heritage
in the wake of
  • following directly or close behind
  • following as a consequence
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Wake

Noun

Singular:
wake
Plural:
wakes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wake

Origin of Wake

  • Middle English wakien, waken from Old English wacan to wake up wacian to be awake, keep watch weg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably Middle Low German, from Old Norse vÇ«k (“a hole in the ice") (> Danish vÃ¥ge, Icelandic vök).

    From Wiktionary

  • Possibly from Middle Low German hole in the ice of Scandinavian origin Old Norse vök

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English waken, Old English wacan

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English wakien, Old English wacian

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English wacu.

    From Wiktionary

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