wake


Definition: Meaning of, wake in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪk /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
wake woke woken
Present Participle Third Person Singular
waking wakes
also wake up
  1. to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping
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wake wakes
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  1. in the wake of something if something, especially something bad, happens in the wake of an event, it happens afterwards and usually as a result of it
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  2. in somebody's/something's wake behind or after someone or something
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  3. the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person
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  4. [usually singular] the track made behind a boat as it moves through the water
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Wake


Definition: Meaning of, Wake in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪk /

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  1. an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
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Wake used in phrases

  • Battle of Wake (noun)
    1. in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
  • Battle of Wake Island (noun)
    1. in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
  • Finnegan's Wake
    1. (1939) a book by James JOYCE which is written in a strange style and language that many people find very difficult to understand
  • Wake Island (noun)
    1. an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
  • early wake-robin (noun)
    1. a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
  • prairie wake-robin (noun)
    1. trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
  • wake-robin (noun)
    1. any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petalled flower
    2. common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
  • wake-up call (noun)
    1. an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation
    2. a telephone call that someone makes to you, especially at a hotel, to wake you up in the morning [=  alarm call]
  • wake-up signal (noun)
    1. military signal to wake up
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Wake used in phrasal verbs

  • wake up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] to start to feel more lively, or to make someone feel more lively
    2. [intransitive/transitive] to start to pay more attention to something, or to make people pay more attention to something
  • wake up to (phrasal verb)
    1. wake up to something to start to realize something
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