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The Meaning of wake
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(n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.
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(v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
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(v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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(v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
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(v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
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(v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.
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(v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
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(v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.
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(v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
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(n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.
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(n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
Synonyms
aftermath
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backwash
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Wake Island
,
Wake
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backwash
,
viewing
,
wake up
,
awake
,
arouse
,
awaken
,
come alive
,
waken
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inflame
,
stir up
,
ignite
,
heat
,
fire up
,
awaken
,
waken
,
rouse
,
wake up
,
arouse
Antonyms
sleep
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fall asleep
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cause to sleep
Rhymes
ache
,
ake
,
awake
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backache
,
bake
,
beefsteak
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bellyache
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betake
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blake
,
brake
,
break
,
caique
,
cake
,
cheesecake
,
crake
,
cupcake
,
dake
,
daybreak
,
drake
,
earthquake
,
fake
,
flake
,
forsake
,
fruitcake
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haick
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haik
,
hake
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handshake
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headache
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heartache
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heartbreak
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hotcake
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intake
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jacque
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jake
,
keepsake
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kittiwake
,
lake
,
make
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mandrake
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milkshake
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mistake
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muckrake
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naik
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namesake
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opaque
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outbreak
,
outtake
,
overtake
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paik
,
pake
,
pancake
,
partake
,
plake
,
quake
,
rake
,
rattlesnake
,
remake
,
retake
,
sake
,
schlake
,
schnake
,
schwake
,
shaik
,
shaikh
,
shake
,
shortcake
,
shrake
,
slake
,
snake
,
snowflake
,
spake
,
stake
,
steak
,
strake
,
sweepstake
,
take
,
undertake
,
uptake
,
yake