wake

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wake
weɪk Listen
Meanings
verb
  • emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
    E.g. she woke up feeling better
  • hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
    E.g. we waked Jim last night
noun
  • a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
    E.g. 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.
    E.g. his workers absented themselves for the local wakes
noun
  • a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.

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