Wake
verb
To stop sleeping and become conscious again.
She wakes up early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- wake up
- wake someone up
verb
To make someone stop sleeping by disturbing them.
The loud noise woke everyone in the house.
Often appears as...
- wake someone up
- the noise woke them
noun
The track or path that a boat leaves behind it when it is moving.
The boat left a large wake on the water.
Often appears as...
- in the wake of
- leave a wake
noun
A meeting of family or friends to remember a person who has died, often held at home soon after the funeral.
They held a wake for him at his favorite pub.
Often appears as...
- hold a wake
- funeral wake
verb
To become aware of something, usually something that has been happening for some time.
We must wake to the reality of the situation.
Often appears as...
- wake to reality
- wake to the truth
verb
To stop sleeping and become conscious again.
She wakes up early in the morning.
Often appears as...
- wake up
- wake someone up
verb
To make someone stop sleeping by disturbing them.
The loud noise woke everyone in the house.
Often appears as...
- wake someone up
- the noise woke them
noun
The track or path that a boat leaves behind it when it is moving.
The boat left a large wake on the water.
Often appears as...
- in the wake of
- leave a wake
noun
A meeting of family or friends to remember a person who has died, often held at home soon after the funeral.
They held a wake for him at his favorite pub.
Often appears as...
- hold a wake
- funeral wake
verb
To become aware of something, usually something that has been happening for some time.
We must wake to the reality of the situation.
Often appears as...
- wake to reality
- wake to the truth
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Morning Routine
Often refers to when someone starts their day.
He wakes at dawn for a jog.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Awakening
Can imply being startled awake against one's will.
The storm made her wake in fright.
Pro Tip 1/2Morning Routine
Often refers to when someone starts their day.
He wakes at dawn for a jog.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Awakening
Can imply being startled awake against one's will.
The storm made her wake in fright.
Pro Tip 1/2Morning Routine
Often refers to when someone starts their day.
He wakes at dawn for a jog.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Awakening
Can imply being startled awake against one's will.
The storm made her wake in fright.
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When The World Gets 1℃...
entire economy from the moment you wake up in the morning and turn on the light or look at your cell phone to the moment you go to bed at night and even then because your cell phone is still drawing power at night i mean we're all using energy all the time and in the industrialized world that energy is almost entirely fossil fuels
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The benefits of a good...
all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring and forming of new connections that occurs while you slumber, you could even say that proper sleep will have you waking up every morning with a new and improved brain, ready to face the challenges ahead.
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How to raise a Black son...
That the whims of adolescence are too dangerous for your breath, that you cannot simply be curious, that you are not afforded the luxury of making a mistake, that someone's implicit bias might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning. But this cannot be what defines us. Because we have parents who raised us to understand
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How does your body know...
Scientists later found these rhythms affect our hormone secretion, how our bodies process food, and even the effects of drugs on our bodies. The field of sciences studying these changes is called chronobiology. Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping
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How plants tell time -...
That's important, because the planet's rotations and revolutions put us in a state of constant flux, although it plays out in a repetitive, predictable way. Circadian rhythms incorporate various cues to regulate when an organism should wake and sleep, and perform certain activities.
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The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things happens like magic you wake up two years
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Watch One Family's...
official face transplant list every day I you kind of wake up you think this could be the day and and then you get through tons where there's not a call or anything and you kind of get a little discouraged and disappointed but
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How do animals see in...
it's the combination of these biological adaptations that gives nocturnal animals their unique visual powers. Imagine what it might be like to witness through their eyes the world that wakes up when the Sun goes down.
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Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
immunity boosting antibodies which it's almost impossible to replicate dom is relieved that at least this part of the process has gone to plan well done little boy little girl i think it's time to wake your mom up
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
Have you ever woken up blissfully and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
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When The World Gets 1℃...
entire economy from the moment you wake up in the morning and turn on the light or look at your cell phone to the moment you go to bed at night and even then because your cell phone is still drawing power at night i mean we're all using energy all the time and in the industrialized world that energy is almost entirely fossil fuels
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring and forming of new connections that occurs while you slumber, you could even say that proper sleep will have you waking up every morning with a new and improved brain, ready to face the challenges ahead.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
That the whims of adolescence are too dangerous for your breath, that you cannot simply be curious, that you are not afforded the luxury of making a mistake, that someone's implicit bias might be the reason you don't wake up in the morning. But this cannot be what defines us. Because we have parents who raised us to understand
Video examples
How does your body know...
Scientists later found these rhythms affect our hormone secretion, how our bodies process food, and even the effects of drugs on our bodies. The field of sciences studying these changes is called chronobiology. Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping
Video examples
How plants tell time -...
That's important, because the planet's rotations and revolutions put us in a state of constant flux, although it plays out in a repetitive, predictable way. Circadian rhythms incorporate various cues to regulate when an organism should wake and sleep, and perform certain activities.
Video examples
The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things happens like magic you wake up two years
Video examples
Watch One Family's...
official face transplant list every day I you kind of wake up you think this could be the day and and then you get through tons where there's not a call or anything and you kind of get a little discouraged and disappointed but
Video examples
How do animals see in...
it's the combination of these biological adaptations that gives nocturnal animals their unique visual powers. Imagine what it might be like to witness through their eyes the world that wakes up when the Sun goes down.
Video examples
Two Baby Tamarin Monkeys...
immunity boosting antibodies which it's almost impossible to replicate dom is relieved that at least this part of the process has gone to plan well done little boy little girl i think it's time to wake your mom up
Video examples
Ze Frank: Are you human?
Have you ever woken up blissfully and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
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Michael Schumacher
German Celebrity
Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.
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Nas
American Musician
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.
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Linda Sarsour
American Activist
I didn't wake up one morning and become some important person.
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Marla Maples
American Actress
I finally said, I can't live being carried by this wake.
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George Eliot
British Author
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.
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Michael Schumacher
German Celebrity
Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Quote examples
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.
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Nas
American Musician
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Kenneth L. Pike
American Sociologist
There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.
Quote examples
Linda Sarsour
American Activist
I didn't wake up one morning and become some important person.
Quote examples
Marla Maples
American Actress
I finally said, I can't live being carried by this wake.
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George Eliot
British Author
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.
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