The meaning of Wake

weɪk

Irregular verb

1 form	Wake
2 form	Woke
3 form	Woken

Wake – definition

verb
Emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
Usage examples:
She woke up feeling better
Synonims:
Awake Awaken Waken (up)Rouse Stir Come to Come around Get up Get out of bed Bestir oneself Get going Come alive Show signs of life Arise Waken Arouse Bring to Bring around Knock up
verb
Hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
Usage examples:
We waked jim last night

noun
A 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
noun
An annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern england, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church.
Usage examples:
His workers absented themselves for the local wakes

noun
A trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.
Usage examples:
The reason given for this crash was that the aircraft flew into the wake of another aircraft, and t…
Synonims:
Backwash Wash Slipstream Turbulence Trail Path Track

Wake translation into English

Wake: translate from English into Chinese

唤醒, 醒来, 醒, 叫醒, 苏醒, 睡醒, 觉醒, 觉, 痕迹, 稣, 苏

Wake: translate from English into Dutch

Wakker worden, Wekken, Ontwaken, Zog, Wakker maken, Waken, Opwekken, Wakker schudden, Waak, Bijkomen, Wakker zijn, Nachtwake, Kermis, Kielwater, Nachtwake bij een lijk, Kerkwijdingsfeest

Wake: translate from English into French

Se réveiller, Réveiller, Sillage, Veiller, Faire réveiller, Vigilance, Veillée mortuaire

Wake: translate from English into German

Aufwachen, Wecken, Gefolge, Erwachen, Aufwecken, Sog, Erwecken, Kielwasser, Totenwache

Wake: translate from English into Hindi

जागना, जगाना, जागरण, जागृत होना, जागृत करना, नाव की पानी में चलने की लकीर

Wake: translate from English into Italian

Veglia, Scia, Svegliarsi, Svegliare, Veglia funebre, Risvegliare, Destare, Ridestare, Vegliare, Rianimare, Vigilia, Provocare, Orma, Animare, Fare la veglia

Wake: translate from English into Korean

일어나 다, 깨어 있다, 활기 띠다, 밤샘, 배가 지나간 자리, 지나간 자국, 잠이 깨다, 각성하다, 경야하다, 각성시키다, 소생시키다, 정적을 깨뜨리다, 밤을 새우다, 철야제, 한 해 한번의 한두 주일간의 휴일

Wake: translate from English into Russian

Будить, Разбудить, Просыпаться, Бодрствование, Поминки, Осознать, Очнуться, Пробуждать, Бодрствовать, Опомниться, Возбуждать, Кильватер, Справлять поминки, Храмовой праздник

Wake: translate from English into Spanish

Despertarse, Despertar, Estela, Vigilia, Velar, Vela, Velorio, Velatorio

Word origin

late 15th century (denoting a track made by a person or thing): probably via Middle Low German from Old Norse vǫk, vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’.

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Wake synonims

arise

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…

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arouse

verb
Evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).
Usage examples:
Something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions

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awake

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

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awaken

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…

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backwash

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…

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bring around

brɪŋ

phrasal verb
Cause to adopt an opinion or course of action

phrasal verb
To persuade someone to have the same opinion as you have
Usage examples:
She tried to bring them around to accepting a settlement., medics tried to bring him around.

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come alive

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…

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come around

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.

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come to

kʌm

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…

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Knock Up

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.

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path

paθ

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

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rouse

raʊz

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.

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slipstream

ˈslɪp.striːm

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

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track

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

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trail

treɪl

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

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waken

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?

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wash

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.

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