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wake
Found in thesaurus: result, upshot, event, moving ridge, vigil, turn, kindle, enkindle, evoke, arouse, alarm, change, alter
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wake
n.
trail, trace, track left by ship in water, path of anything that has passed; practice of viewing a dead body in its coffin before the burial; funeral gathering characterized by festive remembrance of the deceased
v.
arouse someone or something (as from sleep or inactivity); be aroused (as from sleep or inactivity); cause to be aware; become aware
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WAKE
WAKE may refer to:
- WAKE (AM), a radio station (1500 AM) licensed to Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
- WAKE (cipher), Word Auto Key Encryption
- WAKE (novel), a young adult novel by Lisa McMann
- Bade Airport, the airport in Bade, Indonesia, assigned ICAO code WAKE
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Wake
In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be:
- the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which may be accompanied by flow separation and turbulence, or
- the wave pattern on the water surface downstream of an object in a flow, or produced by a moving object (e.g. a ship), caused by density differences of the fluids above and below the free surface and gravity (or surface tension),
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Wake
Noun
1. an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
(synonym) Wake Island
(hypernym) island
(part-holonym) Pacific, Pacific Ocean
(class) Battle of Wake, Battle of Wake Island
wake
Noun
1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
(synonym) aftermath, backwash
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
2. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
(synonym) backwash
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
3. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"
(synonym) viewing
(hypernym) vigil, watch
Verb
1. be awake, be alert, be there
(antonym) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(hyponym) stay up, sit up
(derivation) waking
2. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
(synonym) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken
(hypernym) change state, turn
(entail) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
(derivation) waker
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
(synonym) inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) ferment
4. make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
(hypernym) alarm, alert
5. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
(synonym) awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) reawaken
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wake
n.
noční stráž u mrtvého; kýlová brázda
v.
probudit (se); vzbudit (se); vzpružit koho; uvědomit si co
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wake
Rzecz.
czuwanie; kilwater
Czas.
budzić się; budzić; rozbudzać kogoś
