wake

wake · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To stop sleeping; to become awake.

  2. 2.

    To cause someone to stop sleeping.

  3. 3.

    To become aware of or alert to something.

  4. 4.

    A vigil held beside a dead person's body before burial.

  5. 5.

    The track of disturbed water left by a ship.

  6. 6.

    The aftermath or consequences of something.

Related words

Antonyms: doze, sleep
See also: alert, awaken, sleep
Synonyms: arouse, awaken, stir

Etymology

The verb is from Old English wacan meaning "to become awake" and wacian meaning "to be awake." The noun meaning "vigil" is from Old Norse vaka. The nautical sense "track left by a ship" is from Middle Low German wake.