26984 words

wakes

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping:

Examples:

Did you wake at all during the night?
Please wake me early tomorrow.
I woke up with a headache.
Jane's hand on my shoulder woke me out of/from a bad dream.
2
the waves that a moving ship or object leaves behind:

Examples:

The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship.
3
an occasion when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person's life
4
to become awake and conscious after sleeping, or to cause someone to stop sleeping:

Examples:

[ I ] Did you wake at all during the night?
[ T ] The noise of the storm woke the kids.
5
an area of water whose movement has been changed by a boat or ship moving through it:

Examples:

fig. The storm left a massive amount of destruction in its wake.
6
a gathering held before a dead person is buried, at which family and friends talk about the person’s life

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