wake
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
the aftermath of war
Types & categories
- effect hypernym
Sense 2 verb
be awake, be alert, be there
Types & categories
- stay up hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
stop sleeping
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- fall asleep antonym
- awakening derivation
- arousal derivation
- waker derivation
- kip entails
Sense 4 noun
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
Sense 5 verb
arouse or excite feelings and passions
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
there's no weeping at an Irish wake
Types & categories
- vigil hypernym
Sense 7 verb
make aware of
His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation
Types & categories
- alert hypernym
Sense 8 verb
cause to become awake or conscious
He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cause to sleep antonym
- awakening derivation
- arousal derivation
- waker derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | effect |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | kip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stay up |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | fall asleep |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | awakening |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waker |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | kip |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflaming |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | passion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | seditious |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferment |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | vigil |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | alert |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | cause to sleep |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | awakening |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | waker |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | reawaken |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring to |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |