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Wake Woke I Dark Thing Verb Conscious Asleep

word wake
definition
verb
When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep .
It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30.
Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window.
She woke to find her dark room lit by flashing lights.
She went upstairs to wake Milton.
One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong.
At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving.
noun
The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water.
The ride was smooth until they got into the merchant ship's wake.
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral.
A funeral wake was in progress.
other
phrase
If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention.
The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
inflections wakeswakingwokewoken
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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