verb
Meaning 1
To stop sleeping; to awake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To stop sleeping; to awake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To awaken somebody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
stop sleeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
Antonyms: fall asleep
Broader terms: change state, turn
verb
cause to become awake or conscious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, arouse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: reawaken, bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around, call
History
From wake + up.
Across languages
295 source translations are retained for this English entry.