wake (verb)

  • 1wake up — verb 1. cause to become awake or conscious (Freq. 8) He was roused by the drunken men in the street Please wake me at 6 AM. • Syn: ↑awaken, ↑wake, ↑waken, ↑rouse, ↑arouse …

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  • 2wake up to — wake to or wake up to To become or make conscious of, alive to • • • Main Entry: ↑wake * * * ˌwake ˈup to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they wake up to …

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  • 3wake — Ⅰ. wake [1] ► VERB (past woke or US, dialect, or archaic waked; past part. woken or US, dialect, or archaic waked) 1) (often wake up) emerge or cause to emerge from sleep. 2) cause to stir or come to life …

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  • 4wake up — verb a) To awake. b) To awaken somebody …

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  • 5wake up on the wrong side of bed — verb to feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed He cant stop shouting at me: he must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning …

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  • 6wake up and smell the coffee — verb To face reality and stop deluding oneself …

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  • 7wake — wake1 [ weık ] (past tense woke [ wouk ] ; past participle wok|en [ woukən ] ) verb *** wake or wake up intransitive to stop sleeping: I woke at 5 o clock this morning. Alan woke to a quiet knocking on his door. wake (up) doing something: Jean… …

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  • 8wake — 1 /weIk/ verb past tense woke, or waked AmE past participle woken or waked AmE (I, T) also wake up to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping: James usually wakes up early. | I ll wake you up when it s time to leave. | Try not to wake the …

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  • 9wake — I. /weɪk / (say wayk) verb (woke or, Chiefly US, waked, woken or, Chiefly US, waken, waking) –verb (i) 1. Also, wake up. to become roused from sleep; awake. 2. to be or continue awake. 3. to remain awake for …

  • 10wake — (also wake up) verb 1 stop being asleep ADVERB ▪ early, late ▪ She had woken even earlier than usual. ▪ suddenly ▪ finally …

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