wake🔊

(often followed by ''up'') To stop sleeping. +

(often followed by ''up'') To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. +

(figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. +

(figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. +

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

To be or remain awake; not to sleep. +

(obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch +

(obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

(poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.

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

A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

(Church of England) A yearly 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.

(collective) A number of vultures assembled together.

(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.

(aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

(figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.