wake

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US /weɪk/ UK /weɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #734

Meanings

1

verb
To stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping.

I woke up at six o'clock this morning.
2

noun
The trail of waves that spreads out behind a moving boat.

The motorboat's wake rocked the small canoe.
3

noun
A gathering held to honour and remember a dead person before the burial.

Friends and family came together for the wake.

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1 verb · to stop sleeping, or to... awake awaken rousewake upwakenget up

2 noun · the trail of waves that... backwash

3 noun · a gathering held to honour... viewing

More abraid arise arouse rise stir

Opposites

sleep

Word family

Forms wakedwakeswakingwoken

Derived forms bewakelich-wakewake-on-lanwakeboardingwakeful wakelesswakeskaterwakeskatingwakesome

Related forms all-nighterarvalarvelenliven lark owlreveilleshivashivahwackenwait wakefulness

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Simplified etymology

Wake is an Old English word that shares its root with watch and awake. In Old English, watch meant “to be or remain awake.”

Etymology

A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

*weǵ- Proto-Indo-European waken Middle English wacan Old English *wakan Proto-West Germanic *wakaną Proto-Germanic wakien Middle English wacian Old English *wakēn Proto-West Germanic *wakāną Proto-Germanic

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# wake

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /weɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /weɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 734

## Meanings
1. To stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping.
2. The trail of waves that spreads out behind a moving boat.
3. A gathering held to honour and remember a dead person before the burial.

## Examples
- I woke up at six o'clock this morning.
- The motorboat's wake rocked the small canoe.
- Friends and family came together for the wake.

## Synonyms
- abraid
- arise
- arouse
- awake
- awaken
- rise
- rouse
- stir
- waken

## Antonyms
- sleep

## Derived Forms
- bewake
- lich-wake
- wake-on-lan
- wakeboarding
- wakeful
- wakeless
- wakeskater
- wakeskating
- wakesome

## Related Forms
- all-nighter
- arval
- arvel
- enliven
- lark
- owl
- reveille
- shiva
- shivah
- wacken
- wait
- wakefulness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weǵ-
- Root: waken
- Root: wacan
- Root: *wakan
- Root: *wakaną
- Root: wakien
- Root: wacian
- Root: *wakēn
- Root: *wakāną

## Etymology
A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: * Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. * Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną.

## AI Etymology
Wake: A merger of two verbs of related/similar form and meaning: Middle English waken, Old English wacan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakan, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną. Middle English wakien, Old English wacian, from Proto-West Germanic *wakēn, from Proto-Germanic *wakāną. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-, Middle English waken, Old English wacan, Proto-West Germanic *wakan, Proto-Germanic *wakaną, Middle English wakien, and Old English wacian. In present-day use, it can mean to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping, or the trail of waves that spreads out behind a moving boat.

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