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— English words —

• wake v. (Intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• wake v. (Transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• wake v. (Transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
• wake v. (Intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive…
• wake v. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
• wake v. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
• wake v. (Obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch.
• wake v. (Obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
• wake n. (Often obsolete or poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
• wake n. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
• wake n. A period after a person’s death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures…
• wake n. (Historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication…
• wake n. A number of vultures assembled together.
• wake n. (Nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
• wake n. The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water.
• wake n. (Aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
• wake n. (Figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object.
• Wake prop.n. A surname.
• Wake prop.n. Short for Wake County.
• Wake prop.n. Short for Wake Island.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Japanese
  • wake rom. Rōmaji transcription of わけ.
• Middle english
  • wake n. Sleeplessness, wakefulness.
  • wake n. Vigil.
  • wake n. Festival, celebration.
  • wake adj. Alternative form of woke.
• Swahili
  • wake n. Plural of mke.
  • wake adj. M class inflected form of -ake.
  • wake adj. U class inflected form of -ake.
  • wake adj. Wa class inflected form of -ake.
• Torres strait creole
  • wake n. (Eastern dialect) thigh, upper leg.
• Yola
  • wake n. Consequence.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• wake w. Wekken.
• wake w. Wakker worden, ontwaken.

— English words, defined in French —

• wake n. (Marine) (Aérodynamique) Sillage.
• wake n. (Sens figuré) Sillage.
• wake n. (Funéraire) Veillée mortuaire.
• wake v. Réveiller.
• wake v. S’éveiller.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• wake v. Despertar.
• wake v. Estar despierto.
• wake v. Velar un difunto.
• wake v. Velar, vigilar.
• wake v. Despertarse.
• wake s. Velación.
• wake s. Vigilia.
• wake s. Estela.
• wake s. Grupo de buitres.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• wake s. Veglia.

— In German —

• Wake S. Natürliche Öffnung in der Eisdecke, zumeist eines Flusses…

— In Dutch —

• wake n. Een bijeenkomst om een overledene te herdenken.

— In French —

• wake n.m. Variante de wacke.

140 English words from 31 English definitions

act action after air aircraft ake alert Alternative animal A␣number␣of area arouse assembled at␣night Aviation awake before behind being body buried celebration Church Church␣of␣England class commemoration Consequence County created cremated cultures dead death dedication dialect dormant Eastern England especially etc excite excited festival festive figurative Figuratively flying followed followed␣by for forbearing form formerly from held Historical hold inactive inflected Intransitive Island keep keep␣watch late left left␣behind leg make motion movement moves moving Nautical night not number object obsolete often on␣the on␣the␣surface parish path period person Plural poetic purposes put put␣in put␣in␣motion rapidly remain revel Rōmaji rouse roused ship Short Short␣for sit sit␣up sit␣up␣with sleep sleeping Sleeplessness solemn some somebody something state state␣of␣being stirred stirred␣up stop surface surname the thigh through together torpid transcription Transitive turbulent typically upper vigil vultures Wake Wake␣County wakefulness Wake␣Island waking watch water when with woke yearly

8 English words from 20 foreign definitions

der een Marine Sens Sillage Veglia Velar wacke

34 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

Aérodynamique bijeenkomst buitres Despertar Despertarse despierto difunto eines Eisdecke Estar Estela éveiller figuré Flusses Funéraire Grupo herdenken mortuaire Natürliche Öffnung ontwaken overledene Réveiller Sens␣figuré Variante Veillée Veillée␣mortuaire vigilar Vigilia Wakker Wakker␣worden Wekken worden zumeist

124 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

waked waken waker Waker wakes wakey Wakey wakeel Wakely wakens wakers Wakers wakest waketh wakeup wake-up wake␣up waked␣up wakeels wakeful wakelet Wakeley Wakelin Wakelys wakeman Wakeman wakemen wakened wakener wakes␣up wakeups wake-ups wakeable wakeaday wake␣boat WaKeeney wake␣flow Wakeford Wakeland wakeless wakelets Wakeleys wake␣loss Wakemans wakeners wakenest wakeneth wakening wakeover wake-over +74 words

81 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

awaked awaken awaker awakes awakens awakers awakest awaketh rewaked rewaken rewakes Sawaked unwaked awakedst awakened awakener forwaked reawaked reawaken reawakes rewakens unawaked awakeners awakeness awakenest awakeneth awakening latewakes late-wakes lichwakes lich-wakes lich␣wakes lyke-wakes reawakens rewakened unwakeful unwakened awakedness awakenable awakenings awakenment kittiwakes kittywakes reawakened rewakening sleepwaker unawakened unwakeable unwakening wakey␣wakey +31 words

32 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

awake bewake rewake be␣awake forwake is␣awake reawake unawake latewake late-wake lichwake lich-wake lich␣wake lyke-wake moonwake nonawake sekiwake was␣awake Aneme␣Wake been␣awake halfawake half-awake itamiwake Kahnawake kittiwake kittywake wideawake Wideawake wide-awake wide␣awake broad␣awake black-legged␣kittiwake

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ake Ake

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eka- kaw Kaw

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

weak weka

33 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

askew Askew awake awoke Hawke Kabwe kawed kewda kewra kiawe Kiewa Kwame K-wave kwela tweak wacke waked waken waker Waker wakes wakey Wakey walke Walke Wanek Wanke weake weaky wekas wekau wrake wreak

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AEW ake Ake awe Awe awk eaw EAW eka- kaw Kaw kea Kea kew Kew KEW Kwa wae WAE Wea WEA

44 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bake cake Dake fake hake Hake jake Jake lake Lake make nake pake rake Rake sake saké take Wace wade Wade wage waie waka Waka wakf wale wame wane ware Ware -ware wase wave WAVE -wave wawe waye Waye wike Wike woke Wyke Yake

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ake Ake wae WAE

6 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

wacke walke Walke Wanke weake wrake

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