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rouse
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rouse
v.
wake up, awaken, stir into action; inflame, enthuse; annoy, irritate
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Rouse
Rouse may refer to:
- Rouse (surname), people with the surname Rouse
- The Rouse, a military bugle call
- Rouse Islands, Antarctica
- Rouse, California, a census-designated place
- Rouse, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Rouse number, a non-dimensional number in fluid dynamics
- Rouse model in polymer physics
- Rouse Baronets, an extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of England
- The Rouse Company, a US real estate developer
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rouse
Verb
1. become active; "He finally bestirred himself"
(synonym) bestir
(hypernym) be active, move
2. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
(synonym) rout out, drive out, force out
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) hunt
(verb-group) chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
3. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
(synonym) agitate, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
(hypernym) disturb, upset, trouble
(hyponym) hype up, psych up
(derivation) arousal, rousing
4. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
(synonym) awaken, wake, waken, wake up, arouse
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) reawaken
(derivation) waker, rouser, arouser
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rouse
v.
podnítit; vyburcovat; probudit
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Rouse
(v.)
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
(v.)
To raise; to make erect.
To raise; to make erect.
(v.)
To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
(v.)
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
(v.)
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
(v. i.)
To get or start up; to rise.
To get or start up; to rise.
(v. i.)
To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
(v. i.)
To awake from sleep or repose.
To awake from sleep or repose.
(v. i. & t.)
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
(n.)
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
(n.)
A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
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