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- DictionaryWake/wāk/
verb
- 1. emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping: "she woke up feeling better"
- 2. hold a vigil beside (someone who has died): dialect Irish, North American "we waked Jim last night"
noun
- 1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances including eating and drinking: "he was attending a friend's wake"
- 2. (in some parts of the UK) a festival and holiday held annually in a rural parish, originally on the feast day of the patron saint of the church: "his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"
wake: [verb] to be or remain awake. to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse. to stay up late in revelry.
Wake definition: to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).. See examples of WAKE used in a sentence.
WAKE definition: 1. to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: 2. the waves that a moving…. Learn more.
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WAKE meaning: 1. to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: 2. the waves that a moving…. Learn more.
In the wake, or aftermath, of a death, it's traditional in many cultures to hold a wake, a vigil for the dead. There's a third meaning of wake, too, you know: it's the waves that a boat leaves behind as it slices through the water.
