wakes

Meaning of wakes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping.
    she woke up feeling better
    I woke him gently
  2. hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
    we waked Jim last night
plural noun
  1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances.
    he was attending a friend's wake
  2. an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church.
    his workers absented themselves for the local wakes
    wakes weeks

Old English (recorded only in the past tense wōc ), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waken and German wachen ; compare with watch.

plural noun

a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.

late 15th century (denoting a track made by a person or thing): probably via Middle Low German from Old Norse vǫk, vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’.

Information about wakes

  • The singular form of wakes is: wake.
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Hyphenation of wakes

wakes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • wakes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wakes synonyms

Meaning stop sleeping; wake from sleep:

awake

Meaning rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping:

awaken

Meaning cause to stop sleeping:

rouse

Meaning move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly:

stir

Meaning (of a problem, opportunity, or situation) emerge; become apparent:

arise

Meaning another term for wake1 (sense 1 of the verb):

waken

Meaning awaken (someone) from sleep:

arouse

Meaning the motion of receding waves:

backwash

Meaning the water or air disturbed by a moving boat or aircraft:

wash

Meaning a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine:

slipstream

Meaning violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid:

turbulence

Meaning a long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something:

trail

Meaning a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading:

path

Meaning a mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing:

track

wakes antonyms

Meaning be in a state of sleep; be asleep:

sleep

Anagrams of wakes

askew, Weaks, wekas, Wesak

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