wake in English: To stop sleeping and open your eyes, or to make someone else stop sleeping. (verb)

Translation

To stop sleeping and open your eyes, or to make someone else stop sleeping.

Word origin

From Old English wacian, meaning to be awake.

Origin: Old English
Root: wacian

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (wake, wakes, woke, woken)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

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"Wake" means to stop sleeping and open your eyes.

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"Wakes" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Woke" is the past form of "wake".

To wake is to stop sleeping and open your eyes, or to make someone else stop sleeping. The past form is "woke".

Related words

sleep

To rest with your eyes closed and your mind not awake, the way you do at night.

bed

A soft, flat thing that you lie on to sleep at night.

morning

The early part of the day, from when the sun comes up until the middle of the day.

rest

To stop working or moving so your body can feel fresh again.

night

The dark part of each day, when the sun is down and people sleep.

awake

Not sleeping, with your eyes open.

tired

Needing to rest or sleep because you have used a lot of energy.

faint

To suddenly lose consciousness and fall, for example because you are ill, hot, or shocked.

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