Definitions for wakes

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wakes wake

Spelling: [weyk]

IPA: /weɪk/

Wakes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in wakes (aeksw).

Definitions for wakes

noun

1. a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
2. a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.
3. a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance.
4. the state of being awake:
5. the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water:
6. the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded:

Idioms

1. in the wake of, as a result of: succeeding; following:

verb (used with object)

1. to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up):
2. to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often followed by up):
3. to hold a wake for or over (a dead person).
4. to keep watch or vigil over.

verb (used without object)

1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken:
3. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken:
4. to be or continue to be awake:
5. to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.:
6. to hold a wake over a corpse.
7. to keep watch or vigil.

Origin of wakes

before 900; (v.) in sense “to become awake” continuing Middle English waken, Old English *wacan (found only in past tense wōc and the compounds onwacan, āwacan to become awake; see Examples for wakes

So keen the blade, so soft the touch, the sleeper did not wake!

In the wake of the verdicts in Ferguson and New York City, many of us are still sore with emotion.

They laid Paralus upon a couch, with the belief that he slept to wake no more.

But was it possible he should ever wake to see how ugly his conduct had been?

The soul cannot move, wake, or open the eyes, without perceiving God.

But now some dim perception of this truth began to wake in her.

That is why The Daily Beast stands with Charlie Hebdo and published their controversial covers in the wake of the attack.

The newly free country struggled to maintain order in the wake of independence, but it was woefully unprepared.

In the wake of this turmoil, the New York Post reported that the police had stopped policing.

In the wake of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, things will not be the same.