Definitions
1.verb(often followed by up) To stop sleeping."I woke up at four o'clock this morning."
2.verb(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep."The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream."
3.verbTo put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4.verbTo be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
5.verbTo lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
6.verbTo watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
7.verbTo be or remain awake; not to sleep.
8.verbTo be alert; to keep watch"Command unto the guards that they diligently wake."
9.verbTo sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.