Definition of awake Awake
/ʌwejˈk/ - [uweyk] - a•wake
We found 21 definitions of awake from 8 different sources.
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| awake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" | ||
| asleep dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" | ||
| watchful, alert engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" | ||
| cognisant, cognizant, aware (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" | ||
| conscious (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy | ||
| astir, up out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" | ||
| awakened (somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry" | ||
| insomniac, sleepless, watchful experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare | ||
| unsleeping, wide-awake fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" | ||
| awake - mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" | ||
| alert, alive | ||
| cognisant, cognizant, aware (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- awake (v. t.)
To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. - awake (v. t.)
To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. - awake (v. i.)
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death. - awake (a.)
Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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awake
To stop sleeping. -
awake
To make someone stop sleeping. -
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Not sleeping. -
awake
Able to use one's senses and mental abilities to perceive one's surroundings and understand the current situation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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awake
a-wāk′, v.t. to rouse from sleep: to rouse from a state of inaction.—v.i. to cease sleeping: to rouse one's self from sleep or indifference:—pa.p. awaked′, or awoke′.—adj. not asleep: vigilant.—adj. Awak′able, capable of being awakened.—v.t. and v.i. Awak′en, to awake: to rouse into interest or attention: (theol.) to call to a sense of sin.—adj. Awak′enable.—ns. Awak′enment, Awak′ing, Awak′ening, the act of awaking or ceasing to sleep: an arousing from indifference: a revival of religion.—To be awake to, to be fully aware of anything. [A.S. awæcnan. See Wake, Watch.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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awake
Acquainted with, knowing the business. Stow the books, the culls are awake; hide the cards, the fellows know what we intended to do.
Wikipedia 
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Animals are awake for some hours each day or night. They are awake when they do not sleep. When they change from being "asleep" to being awake, it is said that they wake up, or awaken.
Animals which are awake during the day are called "diurnal". Animals which are awake during the night are called "nocturnal".
Diurnal animals, including humans, wake up in the morning, and are awake during the day. During the day they eat and move about. People may work or go to school during the day.
At night, people usually sleep. They go to sleep in a bed, or a similar place, and dream. Sometimes they cannot remember their dreams, but sometimes they remember their dreams. Sometimes they dream about the opposite sex and have what is known as a wet dream. -
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"Awake" is a 2007 suspense movie written and directed by Joby Harold. It stars Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Lena Olin, and Terrence Howard. The movie was rated R by the MPAA for language, an intense disturbing situation, and brief drug use.
The movie was released in the United States and Canada on November 30, 2007.
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🔤- awake, verb, present, 1st person singular of awake (infinitive).
- awake, verb (infinitive).
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