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(verb) be awake, be alert, be there |
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Related Words: keep up, sit up, stay up |
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Antonyms: sleep |
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(noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" |
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Synonyms: viewing |
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Related Words: vigil, watch |
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(noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
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Synonyms: backwash |
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Related Words: moving ridge, wave |
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(noun) an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
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Synonyms: Wake Island |
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Related Words: island |
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(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
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Synonyms: aftermath, backwash |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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(verb) stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
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Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken |
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Related Words: change state, turn |
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