wake
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning:
* Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną.
* Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.
Inflected forms:
form: wakes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: past
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: woken
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: wakest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: wokest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: wakes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waketh
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: wake
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: waking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: woken
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: waked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: woke
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
participle
past
form: wakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
gloss: (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, […]
gloss: To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: Not for my life, leſt fierce remembrance wake
 My ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.
gloss: To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: and gentle Aires due at thir hour
 To fan the Earth now wak'd,
Then wake, my soul, to high desires,
 And earlier light thine altar fires: […]
gloss: To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
pos: verb
examples: Dougal said that being alone with the dead on that floor of the tower (for naebody cared to wake Sir Robert Redgauntlet like another corpse) he had never daured^([sic]) to answer the call, but that now his conscience checked him for neglecting his duty; […]
gloss: To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
pos: verb
examples: The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away sleepe;
And oft though wiſdom wake, ſuspicion ſleeps
 At wiſdoms Gate,
, Book II, Chapter I
I cannot think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.
gloss: To be alert; to keep watch
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
gloss: To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
 Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
gloss: A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
pos: noun
examples: Where any person has died whilst being, or suspected of being, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, the Director may by order prohibit the conduct of a wake over the body of that person or impose such conditions as he thinks fit on the conduct of such wake […]
gloss: The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
pos: noun
examples: The warlike wakes continued all the night,
 And funeral games played at new returning light.
The wood nymphs, deckt with daises trim,
 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep.
gloss: A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
pos: noun
tags: Church-of-England
historical
examples: 1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles
Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.
And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer.
gloss: The act of waking, or state of being awake.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
often
poetic
examples: Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep.
Singing her flatteries to my morning wake.
After a few weeks of age, longer periods of sleep and wake are seen […]
gloss: A number of vultures assembled together.
pos: noun
tags: collective
Synonyms: abraid
arise
arouse
awake
awaken
get up
rise
rouse
stir
wake
wake up
waken
Antonyms: fall asleep
sleep
Related words: wacken
pull an all-nighter
rise and shine
show a leg
lark
owl
all-nighter
reveille
yawn
wakefulness
enliven
arval
arvel
shiva
shivah
Derived words: bewake
non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
wake and bake
wake boat
wakeful
wakeless
wakesome
wake the dead
wake up
wake up one day
lich-wake
wake-on-LAN
wake-sleep algorithm
wake word
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word: zgjim
lang: Gheg Albanian
word: njeh
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word: ойгонор
roman: oygonor
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word: اِسْتَيْقَظَ
roman: istayqaẓa
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word: قام
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word: despertar-se
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roman: qɛwušən
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word: vågne
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word: ontwaken
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word: wakker worden
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word: vekiĝi
lang: Estonian
word: ärkama
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word: vakna
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word: se réveiller
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word: acordar
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word: espertar
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word: aufwachen
lang: German
word: erwachen
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word: ξυπνάω
roman: xypnáo
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word: ξυπνώ
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word: ἐγείρομαι
roman: egeíromai
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word: התעורר
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lang: Irish
word: múscail
lang: Old Irish
word: do·fíuschi
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word: risvegliarsi
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lang: Japanese
word: 目覚める
roman: mezameru
lang: Japanese
word: 起きる
roman: okiru
lang: Japanese
word: 目が覚める
roman: me ga sameru
lang: Kalmyk
word: серх
roman: serx
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word: 일어나다
roman: ireonada
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word: expergiscor
lang: Latin
word: evigilo
lang: Latin
word: evigilor
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word: mosties
lang: Livonian
word: virgõ
lang: Luxembourgish
word: erwächen
lang: Macedonian
word: се буди
roman: se budi
lang: Macedonian
word: се разбудува
roman: se razbuduva
lang: Macedonian
word: се разбуди
roman: se razbudi
lang: Mongolian
word: сэрэх
roman: serex
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: våkne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: vakna
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lang: Occitan
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word: llikchay
lang: Quechua
word: richkay
lang: Quechua
word: riwakuy
lang: Quechua
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lang: Romanian
word: trezi
lang: Romanian
word: deștepta
lang: Russian
word: просыпа́ться
roman: prosypátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: просну́ться
roman: prosnútʹsja
lang: Russian
word: пробужда́ться
roman: probuždátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: пробуди́ться
roman: probudítʹsja
lang: Sanskrit
word: बुध्यते
roman: budhyate
lang: Sardinian
word: abbeltudare
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dùisg
lang: Slovak
word: zobudiť sa
lang: Slovak
word: budiť sa
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word: despertarse
lang: Spanish
word: despertar
lang: Spanish
word: recordar
lang: Swahili
word: kuamka
lang: Swedish
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lang: Tagalog
word: gumising
lang: Tajik
word: бедор шудан
roman: bedor šudan
lang: Telugu
word: నిద్రలేపుట
roman: nidralēpuṭa
lang: Thai
word: ปลุก
roman: bplùk
lang: Tibetan
word: སད
roman: sad
lang: Turkish
word: uyanmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اویانمق
roman: uyanmak
lang: Tuvan
word: оттур
roman: ottur
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word: прокида́тися
roman: prokydátysja
lang: Ukrainian
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word: thức dậy
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word: dihuno