• a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there''s no weeping at an Irish Wake"
• the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat''s Wake capsized the canoe"
• an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
• 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"
• stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
• cause to become aWake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please Wake me at 6 AM."
• be aWake, be alert, be there
• make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
• 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"

'Wake' in other languages