Wake - English meaning

verb

(of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent.

Usage examples:

New difficulties had arisen

verb

To come into existence or begin to be noticed; happen

Usage examples:

Problems arise when kids leave school., when the opportunity arose, he decided to take it., we aros…

verb

Evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).

Usage examples:

Something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions

verb

Stop sleeping; wake from sleep.

Usage examples:

She awoke to find the streets covered in snow

adjective

Not asleep.

Usage examples:

The noise might keep you awake at night

verb

Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

Anna was awakened by the telephone

verb

To stop sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping

Usage examples:

[ t ] the family was awakened by a noise., [ t ] his television series awakened popular interest in…

noun

The motion of receding waves.

Usage examples:

The backwash is reduced in energy by the percolation of water into the shingle

verb

Clean (a filter) by reversing the flow of fluid through it.

Usage examples:

The very fine mesh is backwashed to remove solids

noun

The backward movement of waves, or the backward movement of water caused by something, such as a boat, passing through it

Usage examples:

The waterskier was caught in the backwash from a motorboat., the economic and political backwash of…

idiom

Stop sleeping

idiom

If a place comes alive, it becomes filled with activity

Usage examples:

The city centre really comes alive at the weekend., she's a writer who really knows how to make her…

phrasal verb

Change one's position or opinion

phrasal verb

To change your opinion of something

Usage examples:

He’ll come around to my point of view eventually., she hasn’t come around yet.

phrasal verb

Cause to experience suddenly

verb

To move or travel toward the speaker or with the speaker

Usage examples:

Will you come here, please?, did you come here by car?, come on in! the water’s great., are you com…

phrasal verb

Make something in a hurry.

Usage examples:

I knocked up some pasta and a beef casserole

phrasal verb

Make a woman pregnant.

Usage examples:

He knocked her up and left her

phrasal verb

Wake or attract the attention of someone by knocking at their door.

Usage examples:

If you are sick during the night, you cannot knock your neighbour up at 2 a.m.

noun

A way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.

Usage examples:

The path continues alongside the river for half a mile

combining form

Denoting a practitioner of curative treatment.

Usage examples:

Homeopath

verb

Cause to stop sleeping.

Usage examples:

She was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on her shoulder

verb

To wake someone or make someone more active or excited

Usage examples:

She roused him from his sleep.

noun

A current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.

Usage examples:

This aircraft company was awarded a us army contract to study vectored slipstreams and produce an a…

verb

(especially in motor racing) follow closely behind another vehicle, travelling in its slipstream and awaiting an opportunity to overtake.

Usage examples:

He then slipstreamed and overtook me again

noun

A current of air behind a quickly moving object, such as a car travelling extremely fast or an aircraft

verb

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.

Usage examples:

Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit

noun

A slight physical movement.

Usage examples:

I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir

noun

Prison.

Usage examples:

I've spent twenty-eight years in stir

noun

A rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed.

Usage examples:

Follow the track to the farm

verb

Follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.

Usage examples:

Secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight

verb

Tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.

Usage examples:

He was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids

noun

A mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

A trail of blood on the grass

verb

Draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.

Usage examples:

Alex trailed a hand through the clear water

noun

Violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid.

Usage examples:

The plane shuddered as it entered some turbulence

noun

A state of confusion and lack of order

Usage examples:

Political turbulence, his songs reflect the turbulence of his times., the plane ran into some turbu…

verb

Another term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb).

Usage examples:

She knew he would waken in an hour or so

verb

To (cause to) wake from sleep

Usage examples:

I shook him but he didn't waken., waken me at 7.00, would you?

verb

Clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.

Usage examples:

Auntie lou had washed all their clothes

noun

An act of washing something or an instance of being washed.

Usage examples:

Her hair needs a wash

abbreviation

Washington.