WAKE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of wake – Learner’s Dictionary

wake
uk
/weɪk/
us
past tense woke | past participle woken (also wake up)
A1
to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping:
I've only just woken up.
Could you wake me up before you go?
You woke me up making so much noise.
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Phrasal verbs

wake
noun
uk
/weɪk/
us
in the wake of sth
after something has happened, and often because it has happened:
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of last week's bomb attacks.

wake noun (SHIP)

the waves behind a moving ship

wake noun (FUNERAL)

an occasion when people come together to remember someone who has recently died

(Definition of wake from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of wake

in Chinese (Traditional)
醒來, 叫醒,吵醒, 水…
in Chinese (Simplified)
醒来, 叫醒,吵醒, 水…
in Spanish
despertar, despertarse…
in Portuguese
despertar, despertar-se, acordar…
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झोपून उठणे…
(人)が目を覚ます, (人)を起こす, 起(お)こす…
uyanmak, geminin arkasında kalan dalgalar/iz/dümen suyu, yakın zamanda ölen birinin ardından yasını tutmak için bir araya gelme…
(s’)éveiller, (se) réveiller, sillage…
despertar(-se)…
wakker maken, wakker worden, kielzog…
(ஒருவரை ஏற்படுத்த) தூங்கியபின் விழித்திருந்து உணர்வு பெற வேண்டும்…
जागना…
જાગવું, જગાડવું…
vågne, vække, kølvand…
vakna, väcka, kölvatten…
bangun, olak buri…
wecken, das Kielwasser…
våkne, vekke, kjølvann…
جگانا, نیند سے اٹھانا…
прокидатися, будити, кільватер…
просыпаться, будить, кильватер…
లేపడం/లేవడం…
يَسْتَيْقِظ…
ঘুম থেকে জেগে ওঠা / জাগানো / ঘুম ভাঙা…
vzbudit (se), kýlová brázda…
bangun, riak…
ตื่นนอน, ปลุกให้ตื่น, ร่องรอยทางน้ำที่เรือหรือสิ่งอื่นใดแล่นผ่านไป…
tỉnh giấc, đường rẽ nước…
budzić (się), kilwater, stypa…
일어나다, 잠에서 깨다…
svegliare, svegliarsi, scia…
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