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Wake
weɪk
Wake definitions
verb
woke
waked
woken
wake
wakes
waking
- emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping
"she woke up feeling better"
- become alert to or aware of
"he needs to wake up to reality"
- cause to stir or come to life
"his voice wakes desire in others"
- hold a vigil beside (someone who has died)
"we waked Jim last night"
noun
wake
wakes
- a ceremony or celebration in honour of a person who has died, held before or after the funeral (traditionally taking the form of a watch or vigil held beside the body of the dead person)
"he was attending a friend's wake"
- an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church
"his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"