Wake

Definition: Wake

Wake

Noun

1. 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".

2. An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii.

3. The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe".

4. A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake".

Verb

1. Be awake, be alert, be there.

2. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".

3. 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".

4. Make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation".

5. Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.".

Date "wake" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	To dream that you attend a wake, denotes that you will sacrifice some important engagement to enjoy some ill-favored assignation. For a young woman to see her lover at a wake, foretells that she will listen to the entreaties of passion, and will be persuaded to hazard honor for love. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Electrical Engineering	The stream of air discharged aft by a rotating propeller. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	Motion imparted to the water by the passage of the vessel's hull and the action of the propeller. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Wake (1 syl.). To keep vigils. (Anglo-Saxon, waeccan.) A vigil celebrated with junketing and dancing. "It may, therefore, be permitted them [the Irish] on the dedication day, or other solemn days of martyrs, to make them bowers about the churches, and refresh themselves, feasting together after a good religious sort; killing their oxen now to the praise of God and increase of charity, which they were wont before to sacrifice to the devil."- Gregory the great to Melitus [Melitus was an $$$ who came over with St. Augustine]. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Physics	The region of fluid behind a body in which the total head has been changed by the motion of a body. Source: European Union. (references)
	Region of fluid behind a body in which the total pressure has been changed by the presence of the body. Source: European Union. (references)
	Wing-tip vortices left in the atmosphere behind aircraft whose wing is generating lift; in the case of large or heavy aircraft, this is very powerful and persistent. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	WAKE. A country feast, commonly on the anniversary of the tutelar saint of the village, that is, the saint to whom the parish church is dedicated. Also a custom of watching the dead, called Late Wake, in use both in Ireland and Wales, where the corpse bei. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Transportation	The track a vessel leaves astern as it passes through the water. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
WAK	English	Wake Island	Geography
WAK	French	Ile de Wake	N/A
WAK	German	Wake	Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Wake

Synonyms: aftermath (n), backwash (n), viewing (n), arouse (v), awake (v), awaken (v), come alive (v), fire up (v), heat (v), ignite (v), inflame (v), rouse (v), stir up (v), wake up (v), waken (v). (additional references)

Antonyms: cause to sleep (v), fall asleep (v), sleep (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat.
Attention	Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind.
Excitation	Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.
Imitation	Follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
Interment	Noun: interment, burial, sepulture; inhumation; obsequies, exequies; funeral, wake, pyre, funeral pile; cremation.
Rear	Wake; train; (sequence).
Record	Noun: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste.
Sequel	Noun: sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela; appendage; tail piece, heelpiece; tag, more last words; colophon.
Sequence	Attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail.
	Adverb: behind; in the rear; in the train of, in the wake of; after; (order), (time).
The Drama	Phrase: fere totus mundus exercet histrionem; "suit the action to the word, the word to the action"; "the play's the thing"; "to wake the soul by tender strokes of art".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.) And they'd just eat with their mouths open, and to be honest, it was too much for me. You get to be thinking about how short life is, and how maybe everything has no meaning, because you wake up, and you're frying burgers, and you're like 60, 70, and then you check out, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Oh, wake up, Norma, you'd be killing yourself to an empty house (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett) It took a coma to wake me up. (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric LeBow.) Hey, pretty girl, time to wake up. (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)
Lyrics	Wake me up before you go go, (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go; performing artist: Wham!) So I wake in the morning and I step (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes) 'Cause if it's a dream my memories wake me up (Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat); performing artist: Aerosmith) The reason why I smile when I, when I wake up ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans) New shoes on the whip and i wake up the bubbley (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)
Clever	Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep. (references; author: unknown) Clock: A small mechanical device to wake up people without children. (references; author: unknown) Hospital is a place where they wake you up to give you a sleeping pill. (references; author: unknown) The phrase that is guaranteed to wake up an audience: "And in conclusion. (references; author: unknown) Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Wake in Fright (1971) Finnegan's Wake (1965) Wotan's Wake (1962) Wake Me When It's Over (1960) In the Wake of a Stranger (1958)
Song Titles	WAKE UP EVERYBODY (performing artist: HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES) Shake Me, Wake Me (performing artist: The Four Tops) Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (performing artist: Wham!)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Alarm Clock of Your Life is Ringing: Time to Wake up to Happiness and Enlightenment (2nd Edition) (reference) A Tour of the Darkling Plain: The Finnegans Wake Letters of Thornton Wilder and Adaline Glasheen (reference) In the Wake of Tacoma: Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability (reference) In the Wake of the Alderney: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1750-2000 (reference) Territories and Possessions: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake, Midway, and Other Islands, Micronesia (Discovering) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Wake Forest Law Review (reference) Wake Weekly (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Elmo's World - Wake up with Elmo! (reference) Tupac Shakur - Before I Wake (reference) Wake of the Red Witch (reference) Elmo's World - Wake Up with Elmo (reference) The Wiggles - Wake Up Jeff (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Wake Up & Dream (reference) Wake up Jeff! (reference) Water's Wake (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	GE 74839 Gradual Wake Alarm Clock (reference) Blood Wake (reference) Fast Enet Pci Network Card 10/100BTX Without Wake On Lan (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The shrimp fleet blown aground Damage in the wake of Hurricane Celia. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Sea patterns - the wake of the SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Erosion - ironically below a sign stating boat speed limit to minimize wake and erosion. Credit: America's Coastlines.		A wake disturbs the placid waters of Tracy Arm Fjord. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	"The Wake of the Nimrod through Pancake Ice." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 78. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Open water wake in the sea ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Nets, purse seine boat, and wake are seen as looking aft from the stern of a tuna boat in the tropical Pacific. Credit: Fisheries.		Wake Island. Credit: Geodesy - Measuring the Earth.
	In the background of the boat wake is a delta lobe created by the Big Island restoration project. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Tobacco being topped on a Wake County farm. Credit: Bob Nichols.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Alexander Pope	Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
	They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Emo Philips	When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
	Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.
Matthew Prior	Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
Quintilian	Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	Zaphod! Wake up
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	There were seen in the wake of armies more or less of marauders according as the commander was more or less severe
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	It was not a dream from which he would wake.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Then the water poured over the highways, and cars moved slowly, cutting the water ahead, and leaving a boiling muddy wake behind
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Every morning when you wake up, before you take medicine. (references)
		Bathe when you wake up to help reduce the egg contamination. (references)
		Headache when you wake up in the morning is typical of a sinus problem. (references)
Business		NFFO was set up by the Electricity Act of 1989 as a means to protect nuclear power stations in the wake of power privatization. (references)
		A massive program for upgradation and development of airports is underway in the wake of the Government of India's (GoI) push to infrastructure development. (references)
		Presently, the furniture market is weak. Manufacturers in Europe are trying to develop new designs and new optical effect to wake the interests of customers. (references)
Civil Liberties	Argentina	Investigations to determine responsibility for the deaths of demonstrators near the Plaza de Mayo were begun immediately in the wake of public and congressional charges of police violence and repression. (references)
	China	In the wake of a series of large protests on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the Government stepped up the use of the reeducation-through-labor system to sentence practitioners administratively to up to 3 years in detention. (references)
	Hong Kong	Some bookstores continued to offer Falun Gong materials for sale, but bookstores operated by Chinese enterprises that removed Falun Gong books from their shelves in the wake of the July 1999 mainland ban on the movement continued to refuse to carry Falun Gong publications. (references)
Discrimination	Azerbaijan	The Constitution provides for equal rights without respect to gender, race, nationality or national origin, religion, language, social status, or membership in political parties, trade unions or other public organizations; however, in the wake of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there is widespread anti-Armenian sentiment in society. (references)
Economic History	Yemen	British authorities left southern Yemen in November 1967 in the wake of an intense terrorist campaign. (references)
	Ghana	The 1998 energy crisis brought in its wake the need to prepare to meet present and future energy demands. (references)
Human Rights	Hungary	In April police raided a funeral wake in Bag, a predominately Roma village in Pest county. (references)
	Colombia	Paramilitary-guerrilla violence resulted in a number of civilian casualties in the wake of ongoing targeted or massive killings by both sides. (references)
	Vanuatu	An Ombudsman's Act was passed by Parliament in 1998 in the wake of parliamentary anger over vigorous investigations of corruption by the Ombudsman under the previous act. (references)
Minorities	Russia	The youth was arrested following a general crackdown on extremism in the wake of the October 30 attacks on Caucasian merchants near Moscow's Tsaritsyno metro station. (references)
	Malaysia	Senior UMNO officials have warned non-Malays against "playing with fire." In August 2000, a group of youth members of UMNO became unruly at a rally held outside a Chinese assembly hall in the wake of public comments by a Chinese association that allegedly questioned the granting of special rights and privileges for Malays. (references)
Political Economy	THAILAND	Resource limitations, especially in the wake of the financial crisis, hamstring police capabilities and judicial administration alike. (references)
Political Rights	Guinea	The announcement of the results was delayed for several days in the wake of post-election violence. (references)
Trade	Indonesia	The framework for trade and project financing in Indonesia changed significantly in the wake of the 1997-8 financial crisis. (references)
	Indonesia	Unprecedented levels of corporate debt have limited the ability of many private sector firms to obtain trade or project financing, and the cost of imported capital goods has risen substantially in the wake of the Rupiah's devaluation. (references)
Travel	Thailand	The revelation of what Westerners regard as rampant graft, corruption, and favoritism as an integral part of Thai business and political practice, and the recognition of the great cost to society these actions have caused in the wake of the financial crisis, is causing many Thais to openly criticize, for the first time, the behavior of the privileged and powerful . Previously referred to euphemistically as "the Thai way," such favoritism was not necessarily tolerated, but not directly challenged . The new economic and social era in the making holds promise of also being fairer and more transparent . (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	But if you can get a short nap in and wake up, it will be the same effect as if you had gotten six hours of sleep the night before.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	We take office in the wake of seven months of recession, three and one-half years of slack, seven years of diminished economic growth, and nine years of falling farm income.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Wake" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 44.10% of the time. "Wake" is used about 2,582 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	44.1%	1,139	6,721
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	33.66%	869	8,159
Lexical Verb (base form)	18.3%	472	12,530
Noun (proper)	3.95%	102	32,309
Total	100.00%	2,582	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "wake" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Wake	Last name	1,000	14,153
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Wake, VA
Zip Code(s): 23176
Country: USA

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Expressions: Wake

Expressions using "wake": battle of Wake ♦ battle of Wake Island ♦ bring smth. in its wake ♦ could you wake me up at ♦ follow in smb.'s wake ♦ follow in the wake of ♦ in the wake of ♦ Lich wake ♦ Wake County ♦ wake current ♦ Wake Forest ♦ wake from a nightmare ♦ Wake Island ♦ wake one's ideas up ♦ wake play ♦ wake to ♦ wake turbulence ♦ wake up ♦ wake up call ♦ wake up early ♦ wake up to smth. ♦ wake up! ♦ wake village ♦ wake vortex ♦ wake with a start. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "wake": Wake-forest, Wake-robin, wake-up, wake-up, wake-up signal, wake-up-a-poet-or-a-madman, wake-ups, Wake-walker.
	Ending with "wake": Harper-wake.
	Containing "wake": Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wake

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
inside up wake	661	real estate wake county	134
wake board	654	wake county north carolina	131
wake forest university	614	finnegans wake	130
wake up	601	wake county register of deeds	129
wake forest	579	county library wake	121
wake island	540	med wake	117
wake county	464	wake tech community college	111
wake on lan	356	wake up call	102
tech wake	279	county spca wake	94
wake	279	wake technical college	86
wake county public school	250	wake medical center	84
county government wake	249	lyrics up wake	77
wake technical community college	228	wake county public school system	77
inside lyrics up wake	211	wake forest real estate	62
wake county nc	202	blood wake	59
wake county school	181	county tax wake	55
wake forest nc	179	wake board tower	50
wake boards	173	wake county animal shelter	50
wake county public library	168	battle island wake	49
wake forest basketball	154	wake forest university baptist medical center	45
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wake

Language		Translations for "wake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		wakkermaak. (various references)

Albanian		zgjoni, zgjohem (awake, get up, waken), përmendem, ngre nga gjumi (rouse), ngjall (arouse, awake, bestir, breed, bring to life, conjure, create, exalt, excite, feed up, heal, incur, infuse, inspire, interest, kindle, quicken, raise, revive, sow, whet), më hapen sytë. (various references)

Arabic		‏يقظة (arousal, attentiveness, promptitude, vigil, vigilance, wakefulness, watchfulness), ‏سهر (attend, look after, lookout, stay up, vigil, wakefulness, watch, watchfulness), ‏السهر عند جثة الميت قبل دفنها, ‏إحتفال بعيد شفيع كنيسة, ‏إستيقظ (arouse, awake, wake up, waken), ‏إستفاق (waken), ‏أيقظ من النوم (call up), ‏أيقظ (arouse, awake, awaken, awoken, call, raise, rattle, rouse, rout, wake up, waken), ‏أثر السفينة في الماء. (various references)

Basque		esnatuko (will wake up), esnatu (wake up to). (various references)

Breton		dihuniñ (to wake up). (various references)

Bulgarian		възкресявам (raise from the dead, resurrect, resuscitate, revive), пробуждам (awaken, rouse, wake up, waken), бдение над мъртвец (lyke-wake), бдя над мъртвец, бодърствувам (watch), будя (arouse, awake, call, evoke, provoke, raise), будя се (wake up, waken), будувам (sit up), нарушавам тишината на, диря (clue, foil, scent, seek, slot, trace, track, trail, train, vestige), огласям (make smth. resound, make smth. ring), съживявам (animate, awake, enliven, galvanize, pull round, raise, rally, reanimate, regenerate, renovate, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, revivify), възкръсвам (arise, resurrect, resuscitate, rise), килватер (wash), храмов празник, раздвижвам (agitate, fluctuate, jog, quicken, rouse, shake up, stir, stir up trouble, whip up, work on, work up), разбуждам (rouse, waken), слагам софра след погребение, смущавам (become confused, confound, confuse, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, flurry, gravel, incommode, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, perturb, put off, put out, rattle, ruffle, throw out, unbalance, violate, wilder), стоя буден, събуждам (arouse, awake, awaken, call up, challenge, elevate, get up, rouse, shake up, wake up, waken), нарушавам спокойствието на. (various references)

Catalan		despertar (to wake up). (various references)

Chinese		苏醒. (various references)

Croatian		probuditi (wake up). (various references)

Czech		vzbudit (arouse, attract, call, excite, incur, kindle, to wake up, wake up), smuteèní hostina, procitnout (waken), probudit se (awake, awaken, wake up, waken), probudit (arouse, awake, drum up, rouse, stir, waken), noèní straž u mrtvého, kýlová brázda, brázda (furrow). (various references)

Danish		vågne op (wake up), vække (arouse, awaken, wake up). (various references)

Dutch		wekken (arouse, awaken, wake up), wakker maken (arouse, awaken, wake up), opwekken (abet, arouse, awaken, encourage, impel, instigate, spur on, stimulate, urge, wake up). (various references)

Esperanto		veki (arouse, awaken, wake up). (various references)

Estonian		äratage. (various references)

Faeroese		vekja (arouse, awaken, wake up), vakna (wake up). (various references)

Farsi		احیاء , ازخواب بیدارکردن , ردپا (Run, Runway, Spoor, Trace, Track), شب نشینی , شب زنده داری کردن , شب زنده داری (Vigil, Vigilance), دنباله کشتی , بیداری (Rouse). (various references)

Finnish		vanavesi (distribution), herättää (arouse, awaken, call forth, wake up, waken). (various references)

Flemish		wekken. (various references)

French		sillage (wash), se réveiller (wake up, waken), réveiller (wake up, waken). (various references)

French Canadian		réveiller. (various references)

Galician		espertarme (wake me up). (various references)

German		wecken (arouse, awake, awaked, awaken, awoken, bring back, call forth, create, excite, kindle, prompt, reveille, revive, rouse, spark, to awake, wake up, waken, waking-up time), aufwecken (arouse, awaken, rouse, to wake up, wake up, waken), aufwachen (awake, awaken, to awake, to wake up, wake up, waken, wakeup), Kielwasser (backwash, wash), erwecken (arouse, awaken, bring back, inspire, raise, rouse, wake up), erwachen (awake, awaken, awakening, be awake, come to, dawn, to awake, wake up, waked, waken, woken). (various references)

Greek		ξυπνώ (awake, awaken, get up, knock up, rouse, wake up), απόνερα. (various references)

Haitian Creole		leve (wake up). (various references)

Hebrew		להתעורר (arise, awake, bestir, get up, stir, waken), שובל לאניה, שובל (tail, trail), עקבות (track, trail), עקבה (footprint, print, trace). (various references)

Hungarian		halottvirrasztás. (various references)

Icelandic		vakna (wake up), vakið. (various references)

Indonesian		terjaga, bangkit (come up, get up, rise, wake up). (various references)

Irish		múscail (arouse, awake, awaken), dúisigh (arouse, awake, awaken). (various references)

Italian		scia (scent, track, trail, train, vapour trail, wash), destare (arouse, awake, kindle, wake up, waken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		葬儀式 (funeral ceremony), 航跡 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そうぎしき (funeral ceremony), こうせき (achievements, crystal, diluvial epoch, merit, meritorious deed, meritorious service, mineral, ore). (various references)

Korean		항적. (various references)

Luxembourgish		erwächen (wake up). (various references)

Malay		membanguni (arouse, awaken, wake up), bangun (wake up). (various references)

Manx		dooshtey (watch). (various references)

Maori		whakaari-hia (to wake). (various references)

Maya		ah (to wake up). (various references)

Norwegian		vekke (arouse, awaken). (various references)

Occitan		despertar (se) (wake up). (various references)

Papiamen		spierta (arouse, awaken, wake up). (various references)

Pig Latin		akeway.(various references)

Portuguese		vigília (vigil, watch), esteira (furrow, mat, matting, track), despertar (accelerate, arouse, awake, awaken, awakening, quicken, rouse, to wake, wake up, waken), acordar (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		acordar (to wake, to wake up). (various references)

Romanian		veghea (keep watch, keep watch and ward, stay up, tend, watch), veghe (vigil, wakefulness, ward, watch), urmã (atom, clew, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, impression, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, scent, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, track, trail, vestige), trezi (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, evoke, hold up, hound on, induce, inspire with, knock up, prompt, raise, rip up, rouse, sharpen, wake up), se trezi (awake, awaken, flatten, rattle up, stale, stir, wake up, waken), se deştepta (rise, rouse), scula (arouse, awaken, call, get up, instrument, raise, rise, rout out), priveghi, priveghea (watch), praznic (feast, festival, treat), nu dormi (stay up), fi treaz, deştepta (arouse, awake, awaken, call, call up, enkindle, enliven, evoke, knock up, raise, reveille, rouse), brazdã (balk, baulk, bed, clod, furrow, list, rut, swath, trace, track, turf). (various references)

Romany		jangavàv (to wake up). (various references)

Russian		разбудить (arouse, awaken, wake up), просыпаться (arouse, awake, awaken, wake up). (various references)

Scottish		rotal (a ship's wake). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		trag (mark, print, scuff, spoor, strain, streak, tail, tinge, trace, tracing, track, trail, vestige), probuditi (arouse, awaken, evoke, rouse, wake up, waken), nespavanje (watch), crkvena slava, brazda (crease, furrow, rill, rut), bdenje (vigil). (various references)

Shona		-muka (to wake up). (various references)

Slovene		zbudite. (various references)

Somali		toosin. (various references)

Spanish		estela (backwash, contrail, seaway, stele, track, trail), despertar (arousal, arouse, awake, awaken, awakening, draw, get up, knock up, revive, rouse, wake up, waken). (various references)

Sranan		wiki (arouse, awaken, wake up, week). (various references)

Swahili		niamshe (wake me). (various references)

Swedish		vakna (alerts, awake, awaken, be awake, stir, wake up, waken). (various references)

Tagalog		gisingin. (various references)

Tahitian		fa'aara (to wake up). (various references)

Tswana		tsogile (am fine, are fine, be well, wake up, well). (various references)

Turkish		gemi izi, ölüyü bekleme, anlamasını sağlamak (make understand), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, waken), canlanmak (bestir oneself, brighten, brighten up, buck up, come to life, firm, freshen, kick up one's heels, kindle, liven, liven up, perk, perk oneself, perk oneself up, perk up, quicken, refresh, revive, rouse, rouse oneself, rouse up, stir, wake up), dümen rüzgârı, ölünün başında beklemek, gözünü açmak (alert, awake, disabuse, disabuse of, disenchant, disillusion, open one's eyes, shake up, undeceive, waken), yıllık tatil, körüklemek (blow, blow with bellows, embitter, fan, instigate, rush up, waken, work up), rüzgâr çıkması, sabahlama, sabahlamak (crash, lucubrate, sit up all night, smell the lamp, stay awake till morning, work till morning), uyandırmak (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, disabuse of, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, knock up, provoke, quicken, recall, revive, rouse, rouse up, spark, stir, stir up, undeceive, wake up, waken, whet), uyanmak (awake, awaken, revive, rouse, rouse up, stir, wake up, waken), dümen suyu (backwash, dead water, track, wash). (various references)

Turkmen		turuzmak (get up, make stand, wake someone, waken), oяanmak (wake up), цrьzmek (wake someone). (various references)

Ukrainian		отямитися, пильнувати (belay, waken, watch), переддень свята, пробуджуватися (arouse, waken), прокидатися (awake, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken), будити (arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken), збуджувати (actuate, agitate, amove, animate, arouse, electrify, elevate, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, thrill, whet, wind up, work up), неспання (watch), пильнування (belay, vigil, waking), оживати (quicken, resuscitate), усвідомити, охороняти (cordon, defend, guard, have the custody of, overshade, overshadow, preserve, protect, safeguard, sentinel, ward), викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, warn, whistle up), вартувати (ward, watch), кільватер (wash), чергувати вночі, слід (behove, footmark, footprint, footstep, imprint, ought, print, relic, remnant, scent, should, spoor, trace, track, trail, tread), святкування (celebration, celebrity, commemoration, feast, festival, fete, gala, jamboree, jubilee, solemnization, upshot), опам'ятатися. (various references)

Welsh		deffro (arouse, awake, rouse, wake up). (various references)

Xhosa		uvuke (Wake up). (various references)

Yucatec		aahal (wake up). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wake

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	excito, sulci, sulcis, sulcos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wake

Language	Date	Source	1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Tou apoqanontoV uper hmwn ina eite grhgorwmen eite kaqeudwmen ama sun autw zhswmen
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui mortuus est pro nobis ut sive vigilemus sive dormiamus simul cum illo vivamus
Old English	990	West Saxon	He swealt for us swa þæt, sam we wæccað sam slapað, we lifen ætgædre mid him.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	That whether we waken, whether we slepen, we lyue togidere with him.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Which died for vs: that whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyve togedder with him.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wake

Language	1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 10
Cebuano	nga namatay alang kanato aron nga bisan magatukaw kita o magakatulog, kita mabuhi uban kaniya.
Chinese	他替我們死、叫我們無論醒著睡著、都與他同活。
Croatian	koji je za nas umro da - bdjeli ili spavali - zajedno s njime živimo.
Danish	som døde for os, for at vi, hvad enten vi våge eller sove, skulle leve sammen med ham.
Dutch	Die voor ons gestorven is, opdat wij, hetzij dat wij waken, hetzij dat wij slapen, te zamen met Hem leven zouden.
Finnish	joka on kuollut meidän edestämme, että me, valvoimmepa tai nukuimme, eläisimme yhdessä hänen kanssaan.
French	qui est mort pour nous, afin que, soit que nous veillons, soit que nous dormions, nous vivions ensemble avec lui.
German	der für uns alle gestorben ist, auf daß, wir wachen oder schlafen, wir zugleich mit ihm leben sollen.
Haitian Creole	Jezi te mouri pou n' te ka viv ansanm ak li. Konsa, kit nou mouri deja, kit nou vivan toujou lè la vini an, nou tout n'ap toujou ansanm ak li.
Hungarian	A ki meghalt érettünk, hogy akár ébren vagyunk, akár aluszunk, együtt éljünk õ vele.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ia mati untuk kita supaya pada waktu Ia datang nanti--entah kita masih hidup, entah kita sudah mati--kita dapat hidup bersama Dia.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	yang sudah mati karena kita, sehingga baik kita jaga baik kita tidur, kita hidup bersama-sama dengan Dia.
Italian	il quale è morto per noi, perché, sia che vegliamo sia che dormiamo, viviamo insieme con lui.
Maori	I mate nei mo tatou, ahakoa tatou mataara, moe ranei, kia ora tahi ai me ia.
Norwegian	han som døde for oss, forat vi, enten vi våker eller sover, skal leve sammen med ham.
Rumanian	care a murit pentru noi, pentruca, fie cq veghem, fie cq dormim, sq trqim kmpreunq cu El.
Russian	ХНЕТЫЕЗП ЪБ ОБУ, ЮФПВЩ НЩ, ВПДТУФЧХЕН МЙ, ЙМЙ УРЙН, ЦЙМЙ ЧНЕУФЕ У оЙН.
Shuar	Niijiai métekrak iwiaaku ami tusa Jesukrístu iin jarutramkamiaji. Nu tuma asamtai iisha ii ayashijiai iwiaaku pujakrisha Niijiai iwiaakji, tura ii ayashijiai Jáakrisha Niijiai tuke iwiaakji.
Swahili	ambaye alikufa kwa ajili yetu, ili tuishi pamoja naye, iwe tu hai au tumekufa.
Swedish	som har dött för oss, på det att vi må leva tillika med honom, vare sig vi ännu äro vakna eller vi äro avsomnade.
Uma	Yesus Kristus mate mpotolo' -ta, bona ane rata-ipi mpai', tuwu' hangkaa-ngkania hante Hi'a-tamo, ba tuwu' -ta-pidi nto'u toe ba mpolia' mate-tamo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wake

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wake": waked, wakeful, wakefully, wakefulness, wakefulnesses, wakeless, waken, wakened, wakener, wakeners, wakening, wakenings, wakens, waker, wakerife, wakers, wakes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "wake": awake, kittiwake, reawake, rewake, wideawake. (additional references)
	Words containing "wake": awaked, awaken, awakened, awakener, awakeners, awakening, awakens, awakes, kittiwakes, reawaked, reawaken, reawakened, reawakening, reawakens, reawakes, rewaked, rewaken, rewakened, rewakening, rewakens, rewakes, unawaked, unawakened, wideawakes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Wake" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aake, Awcc, Awka, awke, Iwak, kawe, qake, Qwak, qwake, waac, waak, wabe, wac, wace, wacee, wack, wacle, wafe, waik, waje, wak, Waka, wakey, wakil, wako, waku, waky, wame, wape, Wase, wate, wauk, waye, wayke, waze, wece, weke, weme, Whaka, whake, wica, wice, wiek, wika, wiket, wiky, wrake, wuce, wuke, Wuko. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wake"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "wake" (pronounced wā"k)
3	w ā" k	awake, quake.
2	-ā" k	ache, bake, brake, break, cake, Drake, fake, flake, forsake, haik, hake, Jake, lake, make, mistake, opaque, Paik, partake, rake, remake, retake, sake, shake, snake, spake, stake, steak, take.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wake

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: weak, weka.
	Words within the letters "a-e-k-w"
	-1 letter: awe, kae, kea, wae.
	-2 letters: ae, aw, ka, we.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-k-w"
	+1 letter: askew, awake, awoke, tweak, wacke, waked, waken, waker, wakes, wekas, wreak.
	+2 letters: awaked, awaken, awakes, awoken, gawked, gawker, hawked, hawker, hawkey, hawkie, keyway, knawel, rewake, tweaks, tweaky, wackes, wakens, wakers, walked, walker, warked, wauked, weaken, weaker, weakly, wreaks.
	+3 letters: awakens, bikeway, gawkers, gawkier, gawkies, hawkers, hawkeys, hawkies, jawlike, keyways, knawels, lawlike, pawkier, reawake, reawoke, rewaked, rewaken, rewakes, sawlike, skiwear, swacked, swanked, swanker, tweaked, wackier, wackoes, waesuck, wakeful, wakened, wakener, walkers, warlike, waxlike, weakens, weakest, weakish, weekday, wetback, whacked, whacker, wickape, wracked, wreaked, wreaker.
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