Meaning

10 senses
  1. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

    Totenwache

    поми́нкиpomínki

    по́минкиpómynky

  2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

  3. (Church of England, historical)A yearly 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.

    1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.

  4. (collective)A group of vultures or buzzards.

  5. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

    Kielwasser

    кильва́терkilʹvátɛr

    кільва́терkilʹváter

  6. The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.

  7. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

    Nachlauf

  8. (figuratively)The area behind a moving person or object.

    The player left the rest of the field trailing in her wake.

  9. The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.

  10. (obsolete, often, poetic)The act of waking, or state of being awake.

More definitions
  • a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
  • the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
  • an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
  • the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Examples

2471 sentences
  1. I usually wake up at six.

    Як правило, я прокидаюся о шостій.

    ruОбычно я просыпаюсь в шесть.

    deIch wache gewöhnlich um sechs Uhr auf.

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  2. Please wake me up at seven.

    Будь ласка, розбудіть мене о сьомій.

    ruПожалуйста, разбудите меня в семь.

    deWeck mich bitte um sieben auf.

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  3. I woke up early this morning.

    Сьогодні вранці я прокинувся рано.

    ruЭтим утром я рано проснулся.

    deIch bin heute Morgen früh aufgewacht.

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  4. When did you wake up today?

    Коли ти сьогодні прокинувся?

    ruКогда ты сегодня проснулся?

    deWann bist du heute aufgewacht?

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  5. I usually wake up at dawn.

    Я зазвичай прокидаюся на світанку.

    ruЯ обычно просыпаюсь на рассвете.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
period after death:
path left behind a ship on the surface of the water:
Русский
By meaning 2
period after death:
path left behind a ship on the surface of the water:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
period after death:
path left behind a ship on the surface of the water:
turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft:

Origin

From Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to the

From Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Proto-Germanic *wakō, related to the verb *wakjaną.

Probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wake, from or akin to Old Norse vǫk (“a hole in the ice”) ( > Danish våge, Icelandic vök), from Proto-Germanic *wakwō (“wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“moist, wet”).

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Forms

plural: wakes
Singularwake
Pluralwakes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial:viewing
  • the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward:backwash
  • an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii:Wake Island
  • the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event):aftermathbackwash

Word family

23 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wake up early
  • wake up at
  • to wake up
  • wake the baby
  • woke up with
  • wake up the
  • woke up in
  • woke up this
  • usually wake up
  • want to wake
  • was woken up
  • just woke up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wake — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto