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

1. A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
   "there's no weeping at an Irish wake";
   - viewing
    
2. 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
    
3. The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
   "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe";
   - backwash
    
4. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft

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

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

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

Antonym: sleep

Part of: Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia: Wake, Rattle & Roll