Definitions for woke

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woke woke

Spelling: [wohk]

IPA: /woʊk/

Woke is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in woke (ekow).

Definitions for woke

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:

verb

1. a simple past tense of wake1 .

adjective

1. actively aware of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those related to civil and human rights:
2. aware of the facts, true situation, etc. (sometimes used facetiously):
3. awake:

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 woke

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 woke

When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.

When I woke, it was past noon, and the sun was shining directly on me.

“I woke up and I was in the back of my car all alone,” Ferrier said.

Another incident, in January, involved a Kenyan man, Paul Mutora, who woke up in the morgue 15 hours after being pronounced dead.

She woke up and realized she had no recollection of the past several hours.

When she came to, she alleges that she woke up in his bed and Cosby had his shirt off.

I woke then, and the struggle had ceased—the temptation had passed.

WE went to sleep about four o'clock, and woke up about eight.

One measly year later, Pam woke to find a naked Ewing grinning at her in the shower.

When he woke early in the morning, he had to hurry to his stock.