English words starting with wak
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Waka
ˈwɒkaMeanings of Waka:
nounA traditional maori canoe.
Usage examples:
The waka, the spiritual image for the march, left stewart island for bluff with its cargo of stories.
Wakamba
ˈkambəMeanings of Wakamba:
nounA member of a people of central kenya, ethnically related to the kikuyu.
Usage examples:
The origin of fundi mdawalo's craft echoes the better-known story of the origins of commercial wood…
adjectiveRelating to the kamba or their language.
Usage examples:
Indeed, many pieces of kamba beadwork, with their perfect alignment of figures, look like puzzles w…
Wakas
ˈwɒkaMeanings of Wakas:
nounA traditional maori canoe.
Usage examples:
The waka, the spiritual image for the march, left stewart island for bluff with its cargo of stories.
Wakashan
waˈkaʃ(ə)nMeanings of Wakashan:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting a small family of almost extinct languages of the northern pacific coast, including kwakiutl and nootka.
Usage examples:
The salishan and wakashan languages are the favorite candidates for languages lacking the noun/verb…
nounThe wakashan family of languages.
Usage examples:
The ‘keepers of the language’ should be the language family - algonquin, athapaskan, eskimo-aleut, …
Wake
weɪkMeanings of Wake:
verbEmerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Usage examples:
She woke up feeling better
nounA watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
Usage examples:
He was attending a friend's wake
Wake up
ˈweɪk.ʌp ˌkɔːlMeanings of Wake up:
collocationStop sleeping
nounAn instance of a person waking up or being woken up.
Usage examples:
The wake-up comes in the dark before dawn
Meanings of Wake up and smell the coffee:
phraseBecome aware of the realities of a situation, however unpleasant.
Usage examples:
Keep an eye on your friends, who may be using you—wake up and smell the coffee!
idiomUsed to tell someone that they are wrong about a particular situation and must realize what is really happening
Meanings of Wake-up call:
collocationA telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)
nounA telephone call made at a prearranged time in order to wake someone up.
Usage examples:
She nearly slept through her wake-up call
Waked
weɪkMeanings of Waked:
verbEmerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Usage examples:
She woke up feeling better
nounA watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
Usage examples:
He was attending a friend's wake
Wakeful
ˈweɪkfʊlMeanings of Wakeful:
adjective(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep.
Usage examples:
He had been wakeful all night
Wakefulness
ˈweɪk.fəl.nəsMeanings of Wakefulness:
nounThe state of being wakeful (= not asleep or able to sleep)
Usage examples:
She began to drift between sleep and wakefulness., symptoms of jetlag include sleepiness during the…
Meanings of Waken:
verbAnother term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb).
Usage examples:
She knew he would waken in an hour or so
Wakened
ˈweɪ.kənMeanings of Wakened:
verbAnother term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb).
Usage examples:
She knew he would waken in an hour or so
Meanings of Wakening:
verbAnother term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb).
Usage examples:
She knew he would waken in an hour or so
Wakens
ˈweɪk(ə)nMeanings of Wakens:
verbAnother term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb).
Usage examples:
She knew he would waken in an hour or so
Meanings of Wakes:
verbEmerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Usage examples:
She woke up feeling better
nounA watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
Usage examples:
He was attending a friend's wake
Meanings of Wakeup:
nounAn instance of a person waking up or being woken up.
Usage examples:
The wake-up comes in the dark before dawn
Waking
ˈweɪ.kɪŋMeanings of Waking:
nounThe state of being awake.
Usage examples:
He hangs between sleeping and waking
verbEmerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Usage examples:
She woke up feeling better
Meanings of Wakizashi:
nounA japanese sword shorter than a katana.
Usage examples:
The christmas of 1989 my wife gave me a set of katana and wakizashi (a short sword-like knife) for …
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