- wake
- [[t]we͟ɪk[/t]]
♦♦♦(The form waked is used in American English for the past tense.)1) V-ERG When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30...
[V to n] Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window...
[V to-inf] She woke to find her dark room lit by flashing lights...
[V n] She went upstairs to wake Milton.
PHR-V-ERGWake up means the same as wake.V P
One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong... V n P At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving.2) N-COUNT: usu sing, with poss The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water.The ride was smooth until they got into the merchant ship's wake...
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
3) N-COUNT: usu sing A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral.A funeral wake was in progress.
4) PHR-PREP If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention...
The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
Syn:5) PHRASE: usu with poss Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.It was work which consumed most of his waking hours...
Most of their waking hours are spent eating.
6) PHRASE: PHR after v If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake...
The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades.
7) PHRASE: PHR after v If you are following in someone's wake, you are following them or their example.In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
...the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her wake.
Phrasal Verbs:- wake up
English dictionary. 2008.
