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How to pronounce wake in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aftermath, backwash
Type of result, consequence, outcome, issue, event, effect, upshot


in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured.
Type Words
Synonyms arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken
Type of change state, turn
Derivation waker
Type Words
Synonyms viewing
Type of vigil, watch


there's no weeping at an Irish wake.
Type Words
Synonyms backwash
Type of moving ridge, wave


the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe.
Type Words
Synonyms arouse, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types bring back, bring round, bring to, call, reawaken, bring around


Please wake me at 6 AM..
Type Words
Synonyms fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up
Type of enkindle, evoke, arouse, raise, provoke, elicit, kindle, fire
Has types ferment
Type Words
Synonyms wake island
Type Words
Has types stay up, sit up
Derivation waking
Type Words
Type of alert, alarm

Examples of wake

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Physicians stop the propofol periodically to wake her up and check her reflexes.
From the newsday.com
Wake Forest set a record last year with four players drafted in the first round.
From the usatoday.com
In Enron's wake, investors are worried about the company's disclosure practices.
From the businessweek.com
They fear that plummeting stock markets could pull economies down in their wake.
From the businessweek.com
In the morning I used a light box or exposed myself to outdoor light to wake up.
From the newsweek.com
I wake up most mornings feeling as tired as when I went to bed the night before.
From the kentucky.com
In the wake of a behavior-changing recession, the economy is not producing jobs.
From the sfgate.com
When you wake you'll find a yellow pill on a spoon beside a glass of soda water.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Guests may request in-room massages, hypo-allergenic bedding, and wake-up calls.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Aftermath: 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"
  • Be awake, be alert, be there
  • Wake Island: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
  • Wake up: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  • Inflame: 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"
  • The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
  • A wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body, caused by the flow of surrounding fluid around the body.
  • Wake is a compilation from previous albums of Dead Can Dance released in 2003. It contains 26 tracks on two discs. ...
  • WAKE (1500 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. WAKE had an Adult Standards/MOR format until 2009, when it briefly switched to CNN Headline News, before adopting its current format in 2010. Licensed to Valparaiso, Indiana, USA. ...