Meaning of wake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
   intransitive
2. To cease sleeping:arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, stir, waken.
3. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
   transitive
4. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
   figuratively, transitive
5. A watch over the body of a dead person before burial:watch.
6. Something that follows or is drawn along behind:tail, trail, train.
7. To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
   figuratively, intransitive
8. to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep. He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you? ontwaak, wakker word يَسْتَيْقِظ събуждам се acordar vzbudit (se) wecken vågne; vække ξυπνώdespertar ärkama, äratama بيدار شدن herätä réveiller לְהִתעוֹרֵר जगाना probuditi (fel)ébred bangun vakna, vekja svegliare, svegliarsi 目覚める 깨어나다 prabusti, budinti []mosties; []modināt bangun wakker worden, wakker makenvekke; våkneobudzić ويښ پاتې كېدلو نه ويده كيدل، بى خوبه كي...
9. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
10. slapeloos بِأَرَق، بِعَدَم قُدْرَه على النَّوْم безсънно vigilantemente beze spánku schlaflos vågent; søvnløst άγρυπνα en blanco; alerta virgelt بطرز بيخواب unettomasti sans dormir בְּעֵרָנוּת चौकस रूप से budno éberen, álmatlanul tidak tidur án svefns (senza dormire) 眠れずに 잠들지 않고 nemiegant, be miego nomodā dengan berjaga wakker, slapeloosvåkent, uten søvn bezsennie بى خوابه vigilantemente fără somn бессонно bez spánku brez spanja budno vaket อย่างตื่นตัว uykusuz/uyanık olarak 醒著地，睡不著地，失眠地 невс...
11. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
12. slaaploosheid إسْتيقاظ، أرَق، عَدَم النَّوْم безсъние vigilância nespavost; bdělost die Schlaflosigkeit søvnløshed ξαγρύπνια desvelo; vigilancia ärkvelolek بي خوابي unettomuus insomnie; vigilanceערנות चौकसी budnost éberség, álmatlanság keadaan jaga andvaka, svefnleysi; árvekni insonnia 不眠 잠들지 않음 nemiegojimas, budėjimas, budrumas nomods; bezmiegs tidak tidur, berjaga slapeloosheidsøvnløshet czuwanie ويښوالى، بى خوبى، بيدارى څارنه vigilância insomnie; (stare de) veghe бессонница nespavosť; bdel...
13. To be alert; to keep watch
    obsolete
14. to wake. What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early. wakker maak يوقِظ удя се acordar probudit (se) wecken, aufwachen vække; vågne ξυπνώdespertar äratama, ärkama بيدار شدن herättää réveiller לְהָעִיר जागना probuditi se felébreszt membangunkan vakna, vekja svegliare, svegliarsi 起こす 깨우다 prabusti, budinti []mosties; []modināt mengejutkan, terjaga ontwaken; wekkenvekke; våkneobudzić się ويښيدل، باريدل acordar a se trezi будить; просыпаться prebudiť (sa) prebuditi (se) probuditi vakna,...
15. To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
    obsolete
16. a strip of smooth-looking or foamy water left behind a ship. golfstroom أَثَر المَخْر خَلْف السَّفينَه водна диря esteira kýlová brázda das Kielwasser kølvand απόνερα estela laevajoom در كشتي بر آب vanavesi sillageשובל जहाज के गुजरने के बाद फेनिल पानी की पट्टी pjena nyomdokvíz riak kjölfar scia 航跡 배가 지나간 자국 kilvateris ķīļūdens olak buri kielzogkjølvann kilwater ليك، كرښه (چې په اوبو كې دبيړۍ دتيريدو په اثر پيا كيږى)، منډ، اثر esteira siaj, urmă кильватерный след kýlová brázda vodna brazda bra...
17. immediately behind or after. Our tiny boat was caught in the wake of the huge ship. direk agter في أعْقاب، خَلْف веднага след na esteira de v závěsu im Kielwaser von i kølvandet på ακριβώς μετά, στο πέρασμα tras (kellegi, millegi) kiiluvees به دنبال vanavedessä dans le sillage de בְּעִקבוֹת एकदम पीछे neposredno iza nyomában di belakang í kjölfarið á nella scia di ～に続いて 뒤를 좇아 iš paskos, paskui ķīļa līnijā; tieši aiz; pa pēdām meninggalkan di belakang in het kielzog van i kjølvannet av; i hælen...
18. despertar;to ___ up → despertar; despertarse.

Equivalents

Examples

“I woke up at four o'clock this morning.”

“How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.”

“The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.”

“And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, […]”

“Not for my life, leſt fierce remembrance wake My ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.”

“Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.”

“and gentle Aires due at thir hour To fan the Earth now wak'd,”

“Then wake, my soul, to high desires, And earlier light thine altar fires: […]”

“Dougal said that being alone with the dead on that floor of the tower (for naebody cared to wake Sir Robert Redgauntlet like another corpse) he had never daured^([sic]) to answer the call, but that now his conscience checked him for neglecting his duty; […]”

“The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away sleepe;”

“And oft though wiſdom wake, ſuspicion ſleeps At wiſdoms Gate,”

“, Book II, Chapter I I cannot think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it.”

“Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.”

“The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.”

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