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Wake 1

Definition: The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

Wake 2

Definition: To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

Wake 3

Definition: To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Wake 4

Definition: To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; often with up.

Wake 5

Definition: To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

Wake 6

Definition: To rouse from sleep; to awake.

Wake 7

Definition: To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

Wake 8

Definition: To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

Wake 9

Definition: To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

Wake 10

Definition: The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

Wake 11

Definition: The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

Wake 12

Definition: 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.

Wake 13

Definition: The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

wake 14

Definition: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there''s no weeping at an Irish wake"

wake 15

Definition: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat''s wake capsized the canoe"

Wake 16

Definition: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

wake 17

Definition: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"

wake 18

Definition: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

wake 19

Definition: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at AM."

wake 20

Definition: be awake, be alert, be there

wake 21

Definition: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"

wake 22

Definition: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "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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