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 watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
6.VerbTo be or remain awake; not to sleep.
7.VerbTo be alert; to keep watch"Command unto the guards that they diligently wake."
8.VerbTo sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
9.NounA period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
10.NounThe state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
11.NounA yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
12.NounThe act of waking, or state of being awake.
13.NounA number of vultures assembled together.
14.NounThe path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
15.NounThe disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
16.NounThe turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
17.NounThe area behind a moving person or object."The player left the rest of the field trailing in her wake."
18.NounThe perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.