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Wake n. : The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

Wake v. i. : To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

Wake v. i. : To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Wake v. i. : To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

Wake v. i. : To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

Wake v. t. : To rouse from sleep; to awake.

Wake v. t. : To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

Wake v. t. : To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

Wake v. t. : To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

Wake n. : The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

Wake n. : The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

Wake n. : An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.

Wake n. : The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

Example:
How can i Wake myself up earily in the morning whithout waking others in the house?

Taxonomy
wake, the wake, waves, boat, the wave, shock waves, wavelengths, solid body, phenomenon, speed, cloud pattern, free encyclopedia, deep water, liquids, aircraft, wavelets, the V, shock.

Defination from the web:
Wakes are occasionally used recreationally. Swimmers, people riding personal watercraft, and aquatic mammals such as dolphins, can ride the leading edge of a wake. ... wakes of two slow-moving boats. The nearer boat has made a striking series of ruler-straight waves. Sunseeker wake ... 

synonyms
  (noun) aftermath
  (noun) backwash
  (noun) Wake Island
  (noun) Wake
  (noun) viewing
  (noun) consequence
  (noun) effect
  (noun) event
  (noun) island
  (noun) issue
  (noun) moving ridge
  (noun) outcome
  (noun) result
  (noun) upshot
  (noun) vigil
  (noun) watch
  (noun) wave
  (verb) wake up
  (verb) awake
  (verb) arouse
  (verb) awaken
  (verb) come alive
  (verb) waken
  (verb) inflame
  (verb) stir up
  (verb) ignite
  (verb) heat
  (verb) fire up
  (verb) rouse
  (verb) alarm
  (verb) alert
  (verb) alter
  (verb) change
  (verb) change state
  (verb) elicit
  (verb) enkindle
  (verb) evoke
  (verb) fire
  (verb) kindle
  (verb) modify
  (verb) provoke
  (verb) raise
  (verb) turn
antonyms
  (verb) cause to sleep
  (verb) fall asleep
  (verb) sleep


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