wake

About 13.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

   I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

2. verb (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

   The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.

3. verb To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4. verb To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
5. verb To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
6. verb To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
7. verb To be alert; to keep watch

   Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.

8. verb To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

Similar words

waken awaken wake up awake come alive arouse viewing backwash aftermath wake island

Often followed by

of up the him and me you forest her

Word family

waked waker wakers wakes waking woke woken