Wake

Quick meaning: Wake is a verb meaning (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

Meaning

(intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
2. (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
3. (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
4. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
5. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
6. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch
7. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Example Sentences

I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.

and gentle Aires due at thir hour To fan the Earth now wak'd,

Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.

Word Forms

• wakes
• waking
• waked
• wakest
• waketh

Synonyms for wake

Depending on context, synonyms include abraid, arise, arouse, awake, awaken, get up.

Antonyms for wake

Common opposites include sleep, kip, slumber, drop off.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waken, awaken, wake up, awake, arouse, viewing.

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