Wake
English
Verb
Wake (third-person singular simple present wakes, present participle waking, simple past woke or waked, past participle woken or waked)
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping.
- to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
Noun
Wake (plural Wakes)- A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
- The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- A number of vultures assembled together.
Thesaurus
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