wake the dead (English, verb)
expansion: wake the dead (third-person singular simple present wakes the dead, present participle waking the dead, simple past woke the dead, past participle woken the dead)
Senses:
glosses: To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.
tags: uncommon
Forms:
form: wakes the dead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waking the dead
tags: participle
present
form: woke the dead
tags: past
form: woken the dead
tags: participle
past