wake

/weɪk/ (past tense woke or waked, past participle woken or waked) (also wake up)

Definition

A1 to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping: Did you wake at all during the night? Please wake me early tomorrow. I woke up with a headache. Jane's hand on my shoulder woke me out of/from a bad dream.Not sleeping and not unconscious

(Definition of wake verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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