Wake

Wake Wake, n. [Originally, an open space of water s?rrounded by ice, and then, the passage cut through ice for a vessel, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v["o]k a hole, opening in ice, Sw. vak, Dan. vaage, perhaps akin to E. humid.] The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army. [1913 Webster]

This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Watch, be awake, continue awake, Awaken, waken, rouse from sleep, Vigil, watching / Awake, waken, be awakened, be roused from sleep, cease from sleep, Arouse, rouse, excite, kindle, stimulate, provoke, stir up, put in motion, animate, put in action, summon up, Track (of a vessel), trail / Revel, carouse, feast, sit up late for festive purposes, Reanimate, revive, bring to life again / Be excited, be roused up, be active, Watch, attend in the night

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Wake — Wake, n. 1. The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster] Making such difference twixt wake and sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] Singing her flatteries to my morning wake. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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wake up to — wake to or wake up to To become or make conscious of, alive to • • • Main Entry: ↑wake * * * ˌwake ˈup to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wake up to … Useful english dictionary
wake — Ⅰ. wake [1] ► VERB (past woke or US, dialect, or archaic waked; past part. woken or US, dialect, or archaic waked) 1) (often wake up) emerge or cause to emerge from sleep. 2) cause to stir or come to life … English terms dictionary
Wake — Wake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waked}or {Woke} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Waking}.] [AS. wacan, wacian; akin to OFries. waka, OS. wak?n, D. waken, G. wachen, OHG. wahh?n, Icel. vaka, Sw. vaken, Dan. vaage, Goth. wakan, v. i., uswakjan, v. t., Skr.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wake — Sf offene Stelle im Eis per. Wortschatz ndd. (17. Jh.), mndd. wake Stammwort. Vergleichbar ist anord. vo̧k Eisloch , das auf g. * wakwō f. führt. Die in den nordischen Sprachen ebenfalls auftretende Bedeutung Kielwasser (so auch entlehnt in ne.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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