wake

• admonish
• advise
• aftermath
• agitate
• alert
• apprise
• arise
• arouse
• augur
• awake
• awaken
• backwash
• bestir
• bode
• caution
• consciousness
• deathwatch
• disturb
• excite
• forbode
• forebode
• forecast
• foreshadow
• foretell
• foretoken
• forewarn
• funeral service
• furrow
• get up
• harbinger
• inform
• insomnia
• knock up
• last rites
• notify
• obsequies
• path
• portend
• predict
• presage
• prognosticate
• prophesy
• provoke
• raise
• reawaken
• revive
• rewake
• rise
• rites
• roll out
• rouse
• roust
• rout
• shift
• sleeplessness
• stimulate
• stir
• track
• train
• turn out
• uprise
• vigil
• wakefulness
• waken
• warn
• wash
• watch
• wave

• bed
• catnap
• catnapping
• couch
• doze
• dozing
• drop off
• drowse
• flop
• forty winks
• hypnotize
• imperil
• lie up
• lull
• mesmerize
• nap
• napping
• nod
• oversleep
• oversleeping
• repose
• rest
• resting
• retire
• risk
• sack out
• shut-eye
• siesta
• sleep
• sleep in
• slumber
• slumbering
• snooze
• snoozing
• turn in
• wink
• zs

• noun
  1. The act of waking, or state of being awake.
  2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
  3. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
  4. (Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
  5. A number of vultures assembled together.
  6. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
  7. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
  8. The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
• verb
  1. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
  2. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
  3. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
  4. To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
  5. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
  6. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
  7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
  8. To be alert; to keep watch.
  9. To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

• In the wake of the storm, the community rallied together to aid those affected.
• She sat quietly in the wake of the news, processing its implications.
• The boat left a gentle wake as it glided across the calm waters.
• His sudden departure left a wake of confusion among his colleagues.
• The company faced significant challenges in the wake of the economic downturn.

observe

waken

rally

kindle

warn

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