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wake



wake [wake wakes waking woken] verb, noun BrE [weɪk] NAmE [weɪk]
verb (wokeBrE [wəʊk] ; NAmE [woʊk] wokenBrE [ˈwəʊkən] ; NAmE [ˈwoʊkən] )
1. intransitive, transitive to stop sleeping; to make sb stop sleeping
~ (up) What time do you usually wake up in the morning?
I always wake early in the summer.
Wake up! It's eight o'clock.
~ to sth (formal)They woke to a clear blue sky.
~ from sth (formal)She had just woken from a deep sleep.
~ to do sth He woke up to find himself alone in the house.
~ sb (up) Try not to wake the baby up.
I was woken by the sound of someone moving around.
2. transitive ~ sth (literary or formal)to make sb remember sth or feel sth again
The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 Old English wōc wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’ Germanic Dutch waken German wachen ↑watchn. sense 2 late 15th cent. Middle Low German Old Norse vǫk vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’

Which Word?:
awake / awaken / wake up / waken
Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping: What time do you usually wake up? or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep: The children woke me up. I was woken (up) by the telephone.
The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke: She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature: The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
Awake is also an adjective: I was awake half the night worrying. Is the baby awake yet? Waking is not used in this way.
Look also at ↑asleep and the verb ↑sleep.

Example Bank:
Any minute now she'd wake up to find herself at home safe in bed.
Be careful not to wake the children!
She had just woken up from a deep sleep.
She had woken even earlier than usual.
Idioms:in the wake of somebody wake up and smell the coffee
Derived:wake somebody up wake up wake up to something
 
noun
1. an occasion before or after a funeral when people gather to remember the dead person, traditionally held the night before the funeral to watch over the body before it is buried
2. the track that a boat or ship leaves behind on the surface of the water

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 Old English wōc wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’ Germanic Dutch waken German wachen ↑watchn. sense 2 late 15th cent. Middle Low German Old Norse vǫk vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’
 

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