wake

verb, noun verb (woke ) 1 [usually +adv./prep.] ~ (sb) (up) to stop sleeping; to make sb stop sleeping: [V] What time do you usually wake up in the morning? * I always wake early in the summer. * Wake up! It's eight o'clock. * (written) They woke to a clear blue sky. * (written) She had just woken from a deep sleep. * [Vtoinf] He woke up to find himself alone in the house. * [VN] Try not to wake the baby up. * I was woken by the sound of someone moving around. -< AWAKE 2 [VN] (literary or formal) to make sb remember sth or feel sth again: The incident woke memories of his past sufferings. PHRASALVERBS wake up to become more lively and interested: Wake up and listen! seealsoWAKE(1) wake sb>-<up to make sb feel more lively: A cold shower will soon wake you up. * The class needs waking up. seealsoWAKE(1) wake up to sth to become aware of sth; to realize sth: He hasn't yet woken up to the seriousness of the situation. * The banks are waking up to customers' needs at last.

1 an occasion before a funeral when people gather to remember the dead person, traditionally held at night to watch over the body before it is buried 2 the track that a boat or ship leaves behind on the surface of the water IDIOMS in the wake of sb/sth coming after or following sb/sth: There have been demonstrations on the streets in the wake of the recent bomb attack. * A group of reporters followed in her wake. * The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.