Meaning of 'wake' (Webster Dictionary)
- The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any
track; as, the wake of an army.
- The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being
awake.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or
festive purposes; a vigil.
- An annual 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, often to excess.
- The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended
with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
- To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
- To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
- To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be
awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
- To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a
dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To rouse from sleep; to awake.
- To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to
reanimate; to revive.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Meaning of 'wake' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
Example in sentence:- in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured;
- the aftermath of war
Meaning (2):
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
Example in sentence:- the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
Meaning (3):
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
Example in sentence:- there's no weeping at an Irish wake
Meaning (4):
- make aware of
Example in sentence:- Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?;
- His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
Meaning (5):
- cause to become awake or conscious
Example in sentence:- He was roused by the drunken men in the street;
- Please wake me at 6 AM.
Meaning (6):
- stop sleeping
Example in sentence:- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Meaning (7):
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
Example in sentence:- The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor;
- The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world;
- Wake old feelings of hatred
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