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wake [ˈweɪk]

1 wake verb
  • to cause (a person or animal) to be awake after sleeping —often + up
  • to stop sleeping : to become awake after sleeping —usually + up

2 wake noun
  • a time before a dead person is buried when people gather to remember the person who has died and often to view the body

3 wake noun
  • the track left by a boat moving through the water

4 wake
  • U. S. island in the Pacific Ocean