noun
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The act of waking, or state of being awake.
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The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
verb
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(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
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I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
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(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
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The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
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To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
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To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
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To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
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To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
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To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
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To be alert; to keep watch
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Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
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To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
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A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
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(Church of England) 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.
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A number of vultures assembled together.
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The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
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The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
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The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
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A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
Examples of wakes in a Sentence
Private persons were merely carried about among their friends, who held wakes in their honour, and then buried forty days after death.
He has these god-awful nightmares and wakes me up thrashing around.
Then I'll wait until he wakes up.
She can't see me when she wakes, she'll freak out.
The sleeping mother rests undisturbed by the various noises of the house and street, but wakes at a slight murmur from her child.
She'll be out in two minutes, but she should be …manageable when she wakes up.
Sharon seems implicated tho when she wakes up covered in water and with an explosive detonator in her kit bag.
It's how your mind wakes up from whatever sleep it went into.
Jule will know what to do when he wakes up.
He showed great hostility to the Puritan sabbath and supported the reissue of the Book of Sports, especially odious to that party, and severely reprimanded Chief Justice Richardson for his interference with the Somerset wakes.
The next morning he wakes in his bed, late for work at the jam factory, putting jam into jam jars.
Early morning before everyone wakes up is best to see the wild peafowl that loaf in this area.
A cleansing treatment that gently " wakes up " skin radiance.
In Mondays are Red, Luke wakes from a coma to find that he has developed an extraordinary condition called synaesthesia.
He wakes up in Hell, due for an eternity of torment and agony masterminded by his personal tormentor, Clarence.
Dynamics of the vortex wakes of swimming and flying vertebrates.
Leena checks her daily itinerary every morning as soon as she wakes up.
Though baby wakes for one night and sleeps through the next day, the following days may exhibit a completely different schedule.
By doing this however, he will have learned how to settle himself back to sleep if he wakes up during the night, thus enabling him to sleep all night without needing you to come to him.
Although it may be hard in the beginning, you really don't need to go into your baby's room if he wakes up at night.
Kick and Play Piano-If your baby wakes up ready to go, he'll love a kick and play piano.
However, if an infant wakes up crying and is hungry, it is best to feed your baby before trying to soothe your baby back to sleep.
If your baby wakes up and is crying for food, take care of that need and then your baby will have a more restful, peaceful night.
Along with the 27 frequencies, Sony offers a variety of features to help caregivers and parents experience the freedom to move around the house with the peace of mind that they will know when the baby wakes.
This means that when the baby wakes up during the night to be fed and changed, you'll have to make a trek down the hall.
Sudden infant death syndrome, most of the time called SIDS, is diagnosed when an otherwise healthy baby simply goes to sleep and never wakes up again.
If one baby wakes up to eat, wake the others up to feed them as well.
Move an older infant, who no longer wakes multiple times a night to eat, into a crib or even his own room.
Be sure your child goes to the potty as soon as she wakes up in the morning.
Parents want the assurance of knowing when their child wakes up during the day or night, and they also want to be able to hear their child's cries even if they are on the other side of the house or outside.
Sleeping soundly can be a great asset and ensures that someone wakes up fresh and well in the morning.
During the night (on several occasions), he wakes me up kneading all over me.
It wakes you from a sound sleep and you awake in the midst of all the symptoms of a regular daytime panic attack.
So, just repeat that to yourself every time your mother corrects your posture and wakes you up at 9 AM on a Saturday and yells at you for leaving towels on the floor.
Then in the springtime when it wakes up, it's already in its new home.
A nightmare upsets the dreamer who frequently wakes up during the nightmare and remembers the details of this very fearful dream.
If a patient wakes in the middle of the night with the mask off, they should put it back on and begin the ramp up again.
Snoring has a variety of causes and contributing factors, and it can be troublesome when it wakes the sleeping snorer.
This brief silence is actually a period when the person stops breathing, and then wakes with a gasp or a loud snorting sound.
In addition, a person might have what is known as an auditory sleep start, in which a discomforting experience of hearing a perceived loud noise wakes you up in light sleep.
Some of the tasks are timed (like escaping from a giant sleeping Orc before he wakes up), so you have to be quick with the actions.
If a child wakes up in the middle of the night with croup, he or she should be taken to the bathroom.
In others, it periodically wakes up and triggers cold sores.
This sensor triggers an alarm that wakes the child at the first sign of wetness.
If a child does not seem to be getting enough sleep at night or the child wakes frequently or seems tired frequently during the day, it may be helpful to consult a doctor.
At the end of the night, she wakes up under the tree again, normal sized, with the wooden Nutcracker next to her.
You will be teaching her how to settle herself to sleep so that when she wakes up at night, she knows how to ease back into her dreams.
The alarm not only wakes up the child, but it also stimulates the pelvic muscles to contract and interrupt the flow of urine.
The bear wakes up to find R.J. stealing his food and threatens to kill him.
A man wakes up in a tub of ice with a cell phone and note to call 911 since one of his kidneys has been stolen for the black market.