wake1
¦ verb (past woke or US, dialect, or archaic waked; past participle woken or US, dialect, or archaic waked)
1. (often wake up) emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping.
(wake up to) become alert to or aware of.
cause to stir or come to life.
2. Irish or N. Amer. dialect hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
¦ noun
1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died.
(especially in Ireland) a party held after a funeral.
2. (wakes) [treated as sing.] an annual festival and holiday in some parts of northern England.
Phrases
be a wake-up Austral./NZ informal be fully alert or aware.
Derivatives
waker noun
Origin
OE (recorded only in the past tense
woc), also partly from the weak verb
wacian 'remain awake, hold a vigil', of Gmc origin; cf.
watch.
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wake2
¦ noun a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.
Phrases
in the wake of following as a consequence or result.
Origin
C15: prob. via Mid. Low Ger. from ON v?k, vaka 'hole or opening in ice'.