Awake
[ə'weɪk] or [ə'wek]
Definition
(adj.) not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; 'lay awake thinking about his new job'; 'still not fully awake' .
Editor: Wilma--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
(v. t.) To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
(v. i.) To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
(a.) Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Not asleep.[2]. Attentive, watchful, vigilant, alive, on the alert.
v. a. &n. Awaken.
Typist: Sadie
Definition
v.t. to rouse from sleep: to rouse from a state of inaction.—v.i. to cease sleeping: to rouse one's self from sleep or indifference:—pa.p. awaked′ or awoke′.—adj. not asleep: vigilant.—adj. Awak′able capable of being awakened.—v.t. and v.i. Awak′en to awake: to rouse into interest or attention: (theol.) to call to a sense of sin.—adj. Awak′enable.—ns. Awak′enment Awak′ing Awak′ening the act of awaking or ceasing to sleep: an arousing from indifference: a revival of religion.—To be awake to to be fully aware of anything.
Edited by Josie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are awake, denotes that you will experience strange happenings which will throw you into gloom. To pass through green, growing fields, and look upon landscape, in your dreams, and feel that it is an awaking experience, signifies that there is some good and brightness in store for you, but there will be disappointments intermingled between the present and that time.
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Examples
- You're wide awake, I see. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But we are awake now. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You're very right, Sir,' interposed Ben Allen, just awake enough to know that he had spent his thousand pounds without the smallest difficulty. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On going to bed an hour afterwards, I found her still wide awake. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Did he awake before you returned? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He was as much awake to the novelty of attention in that quarter as Elizabeth herself could be, and unconsciously closed his book. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The chateau awoke later, as became its quality, but awoke gradually and surely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His heart awoke from its apathy to a warm excitement, and, jumping to his feet, he said aloud, I knew she was sure to come. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was as late as seven o'clock when he awoke refreshed, and went out into the streets again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have said, that the defects of her character awoke and acquired vigour from her unnatural position. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was a light sleeper; in the dead of night I suddenly awoke. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In squalid garret, on Monday morning Maternity awakes, to hear children weeping for bread. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For the soul awakes, a trembling stranger, between two dim eternities,--the eternal past, the eternal future. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Concerning his return to the body, he only knew that awaking suddenly in the morning he found himself lying on the pyre. Plato. The Republic.
- I never close my eyes in sleep without awaking in the greatest fright and agony, having dreamed that you were taken away from me for ever. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- On awaking with daylight, a trickling of water caught my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk--silver-white and crystal clear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When at last she returned to the unconscious Marianne, she found her just awaking, refreshed by so long and sweet a sleep to the extent of her hopes. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Editor: Pratt