1. Stop sleeping
   "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock";
   - wake up, awake, awaken, waken
    
2. Cause to become awake or conscious
   "Please wake me at 6 AM"; "The alarm clock woke up the entire household";
   - awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
    
3. Be awake, be alert, be there
   "The guard woke all night, watching for intruders"
    
4. To alert someone to something
   "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
    
5. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
   "Wake old feelings of hatred";
   - inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up

1. A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
   "there's no weeping at an Irish wake";
   - viewing
    
2. The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
   "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe";
   - backwash
    
3. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
   "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured";
   - aftermath, backwash
    
4. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
   "The small plane encountered turbulence when it flew through the wake of the larger jet"

1. An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
   - Wake Island

Derived forms: waking, woken, wakes, woke, waked

Type of: alarm, alert, alter, arouse, change, change state, consequence, effect, elicit, enkindle [literary], event, evoke, island, issue, kindle, modify, moving ridge, outcome, provoke, raise, result, turn, upshot, vary, vigil, watch, wave

Antonym: cause to sleep

Part of: Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia: Wake, Rattle & Roll