Definition of Wake. Meaning of Wake. Synonyms of Wake

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Wake. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Wake and, of course, Wake synonyms and on the right images related to the word Wake.

Definition of Wake

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. This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions. --De Quincey. Several humbler persons . . . formed quite a procession in the dusty wake of his chariot wheels. --Thackeray.
Wake
Wake Wake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wakedor 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. v[=a]jay to rouse, to impel. ????. Cf. Vigil, Wait, v. i., Watch, v. i.] 1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep. The father waketh for the daughter. --Ecclus. xlii. 9. Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton. I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke. 2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel. The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. --Shak. 3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up. He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology. --G. Eliot. 4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. Gentle airs due at their hour To fan the earth now waked. --Milton. Then wake, my soul, to high desires. --Keble.

Meaning of Wake from wikipedia

- Look up Wake or wake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wake or The Wake may refer to: Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral...
- WAKE may refer to: WAKE (AM), a radio station (1500 AM) licensed to Valparaiso, Indiana, United States WAKE (cipher), Word Auto Key Encryption WAKE (novel)...
- Wake Island (Marshallese: Ānen Kio, lit. 'island of the kio flower'; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the northwestern...
- Alan Wake is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was released in May 2010...
- A wake is a social gathering ****ociated with death, held before a funeral. Traditionally, a wake involves family and friends keeping watch over the body...
- Finnegans Wake is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is known for its experimental style and its re****tion as one of the most difficult works of...
- A Wake may refer to: A Wake (film), a 2009 drama film directed by Penelope Buiten****s "A Wake", a song by Macklemore from the album The Heist This disambiguation...
- Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received...
- Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! is an album that was released by The Pillows on May 2, 2007. "Wake up! Dodo" "Youngster (Kent Arrow)" "Propose" (プロポーズ) "Scarecrow"...
- In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be: the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which...