wake
/wˈeɪk/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
verb
- be awake, be alert, be there
- stop sleeping
“She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock” - arouse or excite feelings and passions
“The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor” - make aware of
“His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation” - cause to become awake or conscious
“He was roused by the drunken men in the street”
noun
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
“the aftermath of war” - an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
“the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe” - a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
“there's no weeping at an Irish wake”
Synonyms for wake
Antonyms of wake
Words that rhyme with wake
Developers: get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and pronunciation for 147,000 words as JSON with the English Dictionary API (free trial).