wake

  • 71ˌwake (sb) ˈup — phrasal verb same as wake Wake up! It s nearly ten o clock![/ex] Don t wake me up when you come in.[/ex] …

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  • 72wake-up — /ˈweɪk ʌp/ (say wayk up) Colloquial –noun 1. someone who is fully aware: *I m a wake up to your little game! –colleen mccullough, 1975. –phrase 2. take a wake up to, to understand; perceive the meaning or purpose of. Also, wake up …

  • 73wake —   1. Awaken. Ala.     To awaken someone, ho āla, ho ālahia.     To wake suddenly, puoho.     To wake up the child, ho āla i ke keiki.     Wake, it is light, it is bright (UL 197), e ala, ua ao, ua mālamalama.   2. Prefuneral vigil. Anaina ho… …

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  • 74wake-up — adjective Date: 1946 serving to wake up < a wake up alarm > …

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  • 75wake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. path, track, trail, swath; vigil, watch. See rear, interment, passage. v. [a]rouse, awake[n]; stir, excite, animate. See activity, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A track] Syn. furrow, wash,&#8230; …

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  • 76wake up to — PHRASAL VERB If you wake up to something, you become aware of it. [V P P n] Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages... [V P P n] People should wake up to the fact that people with disabilities have got a vote as well …

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  • 77wake up — I. awaken, rouse from sleep    On Saturday I usually wake up around noon. I sleep in. II. be alert, stop daydreaming    Wake up, Walter. It s your turn to deal the cards …

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  • 78wake —    This word (from Germanic words meaning to watch ) refers to a vigil or watch over a corpse, between the time of aperson s death and the time of burial. In some places, a wake is a very solemn occasion for prayer and mourning; in other places,&#8230; …

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  • 79wake-up — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from wake up, v. : flicker II. noun ( s) Etymology: from …

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  • 80wake — See: IN THE WAKE OF …

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