| VERB | body | wake | be awake, be alert, be there |
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| body | wake, wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken | stop sleeping | |
| emotion | wake, inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up | arouse or excite feelings and passions | |
| communication | wake | make aware / aware of | |
| body | wake, awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse | cause to become awake or conscious | |
| NOUN | phenomenon | wake, aftermath, backwash | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) |
| location | Wake, Wake Island | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii | |
| event | wake, backwash | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | |
| act | wake, viewing | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial |
| Sounds | wey'k | |
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| Rhymes | ache ... uptake: 58 rhymes with eyk... | |
| Meaning | The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). | |
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| Example | "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" | |
| Synonyms | aftermath, backwash | |
| Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
| Spanish | resultado | |
| Meaning | An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. | |
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| Synonym | Wake Island | |
| Instance of | island | A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water |
| Part of | Pacific, Pacific Ocean | The largest ocean in the world |
| Region of | Battle of Wake, Battle of Wake Island | In December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines |
| Spanish | Isla Wake | |
| Catalan | Illa Wake, Illes Wake, Wake | |
| Meaning | The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward. | |
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| Example | "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" | |
| Synonym | backwash | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | agua de rechazo, estela | |
| Meaning | A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" | |
| Synonym | viewing | |
| Broader | vigil, watch | The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
| Spanish | velatorio | |
| Catalan | vetlla | |
| Meaning | Be awake, be alert, be there. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Narrower | stay up, sit up | not go to bed |
| Opposite | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
| Spanish | estar despierto | |
| Nouns | waking | the state of remaining awake |
| Meaning | stop sleeping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken | |
| Entails | sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's | Be asleep |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off | change from a waking to a sleeping state |
| Spanish | desadormecerse, despabilarse, despertarse, despertar, resucitar | |
| Catalan | despertar-se, despertar, excitar, llevar-se | |
| Nouns | waker | a person who awakes |
| Meaning | Arouse or excite feelings and passions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Wake old feelings of hatred" | |
| Synonyms | inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up | |
| Narrower | ferment | work up into agitation or excitement / excitement |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | calentar, encender, inflamar | |
| Meaning | make aware / aware of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | alarm, alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness |
| Spanish | alertar, despertar | |
| Meaning | Cause to become awake or conscious. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Please wake me at 6 AM." | |
| Synonyms | awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse | |
| Narrower | bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | Return to consciousness |
| call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call | |
| reawaken | awaken once again | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | cause to sleep | make fall asleep |
| Spanish | despertarse, despertar | |
| Catalan | despertar-se, despertar | |
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