Definitions For Wake

noun

• A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
• The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
• An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
• The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

verb

• Stop sleeping
• Cause to become awake or conscious
• Be awake, be alert, be there
• Make aware of
• Arouse or excite feelings and passions
• To cause (a person or animal) to be awake after sleeping
• To stop sleeping : to become awake after sleeping