Dictionary entry details
• WAKE (noun)
Meaning:
The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
wake; aftermath; backwash
Context examples:
the aftermath of war / in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
Hypernyms ("wake" is a kind of...):
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)
Meaning:
An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Wake Island; Wake
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Domain member region:
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)
Holonyms ("Wake" is a part of...):
Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)
Meaning:
The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
backwash; wake
Context example:
the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
Hypernyms ("wake" is a kind of...):
moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
Meaning:
A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
viewing; wake
Context example:
there's no weeping at an Irish wake
Hypernyms ("wake" is a kind of...):
vigil; watch (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))
• WAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Be awake, be alert, be there
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wake"):
sit up; stay up (not go to bed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
sleep (be asleep)
Meaning:
Stop sleeping
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
awake; come alive; waken; wake up; wake; awaken; arouse
Context example:
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Hypernyms (to "wake" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
"Wake" entails doing...:
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Arouse or excite feelings and passions
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
fire up; stir up; heat; ignite; wake; inflame
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "wake" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wake"):
ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make aware of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
Hypernyms (to "wake" is one way to...):
alarm; alert (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to become awake or conscious
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
awaken; wake up; waken; rouse; arouse; wake
Context examples:
He was roused by the drunken men in the street / Please wake me at 6 AM.
Hypernyms (to "wake" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wake"):
reawaken (awaken once again)
bring around; bring back; bring round; bring to (return to consciousness)
call (rouse somebody from sleep with a call)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
