wake
be awake, be alert, be there
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,359 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,345 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be awake, be alert, be there
- stop sleeping also: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- arouse or excite feelings and passions also: inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poorThe refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
- make aware of His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
- cause to become awake or conscious also: awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse He was roused by the drunken men in the streetPlease wake me at 6 AM.
noun
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) also: aftermath, backwash the aftermath of warin the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
- an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii also: Wake Island
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward also: backwash the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
wake in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Competing still, ye huntsman-whalers, In leviathan’s wake what boat prevails?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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For a while he lay silent, then he said: "Ma, are you 'wake?"
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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I see now that you needed a blow in the face to wake you up--and you got it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Then they both went to his room, but he slept so soundly that she could not wake him.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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During this colloquy the traveller had mounted his servant's horse, and now followed in the wake of the Persians.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1