woke

Definition of woke in English English dictionary: Woke is the past tense of wake. A past tense of wake. the past tense of wake; Wake; wook
woke up: Simple past of wake up
woke up: arouse from sleep, awake
woke up late: got up late from bed, delayed getting up
wake: to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects
wake: (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping
wake: The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water
wake: (often followed by up) To stop sleeping
How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
wake: A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party
wake: {i} trail, trace, track left by ship in water, path of anything that has passed; practice of viewing a dead body in its coffin before the burial; funeral gathering characterized by festive remembrance of the deceased
wake: A foamy swell caused by a boat passing through water
wake: {n} a watch, feast, merriment, mark, track
wake: {v} to cease to sleep, watch, rouse, awake
wake: Trail of disturbed water behind a moving ship
wake: The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army
wake: The trail of waves left by a ship
wake: The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil
wake: A number of vultures assembled together
wake: A watch kept over the deceased, sometimes lasting the entire night preceding the funeral
wake: Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep. It was work which consumed most of his waking hours
wake: The liquid ramp made by the boat propellers Return to top
wake: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
wake: Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind when moving across the waters
wake: – The track left by a moving boat, ship or other object in the water; it looks like a wave
wake: To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite
wake: To stop sleeping
wake: To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive
wake: If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it. The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention = following
wake: Waves created by a moving boat
wake: {f} arouse someone or something (as from sleep or inactivity); be aroused (as from sleep or inactivity); cause to be aware; become aware
wake: The Irish practice of watching over the body by candlelight the night before the funeral and the often wild feasting which follows This may have developed simply because mistakes sometimes happened The purpose of the wake, therefore, was to ensure that the deceased was truly dead
wake: To rouse from sleep; to awake
wake: A V-shaped wave produced by the momentum of a passing ship
wake: To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep
wake: The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water
wake: A meteor train that is so short lived that it appears to move along with the meteor
wake: The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish
wake: To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; often with up
wake: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
wake: The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft
wake: An expression used by certain religious and ethnic cultures where family members maintain watch over the loved one who has died
wake: The region of turbulence immediately to the rear of a solid body in motion relative to a fluid Under certain conditions a series of vortices may form in the wake and extend downstream; such a vortex train in a turbulent wake is called a vortex street Compare lee eddies
wake: A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral. A funeral wake was in progress
wake: A period after a persons death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party
wake: If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go. Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake
wake: To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel
wake: An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church
wake: Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess
wake: be awake, be alert, be there
wake: To make somebody stop sleeping
wake: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
wake: be awake, be alert, be there make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
wake: The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake
wake: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"
wake: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM "
wake: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
wake: The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water ADVANCE \x 540
wake: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" be awake, be alert, be there make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
wake: The form waked is used in American English for the past tense
wake: The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water. Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats
wake: A region of a flow field located behind a body, which is moving through the air The velocity and the pressure in the wake region can be very different from the external flow field The wake contains information about the lift and the drag of the body that generated it Usually the pressure in the wake behind a body is lower than the pressure in the surrounding flow field The pressure difference corresponds to the drag of the body Lift forces can create strong vortices in a wake, which can make the wake exist for a long time, until it gets dissolved through friction effects
wake: When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep. It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30 Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window She woke to find her dark room lit by flashing lights She went upstairs to wake Milton. Wake up means the same as wake. One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving
wake: If you are following in someone's wake, you are following them or their example. In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley. the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her wake. to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping
wake: The wave created behind the boat which is used by a wakeboarder to jump of off or slide
wake: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
wake: To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active
wake: To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body
wake: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
wake: Agitated water left by the propellers of a passing ship
wake: the region of turbulence immediately behind a solid body caused by the flow of air over or around the body
wake: Moving waves, created by vessel motion Track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the water

woke

Turkish pronunciation

wōk

Pronunciation

/ˈwōk/ /ˈwoʊk/

Etymology

[ 'wAk ] (verb.) before 12th century. partly from Middle English waken , from Old English wacan to awake ; partly from Middle English wakien, waken , from Old English wacian to be awake ; akin to Old English wæccan to watch, Latin vegEre to enliven.