woken
For the verb: "to wake"
| Simple Past: | woke |
| Past Participle: | woken |
woken wake
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
woken/ˈwəʊkən/
past participle of wake1.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wake1
▶verb (past woke or US, dialect, or archaic waked; past part. woken or US, dialect, or archaic waked)
- 1 (often wake up) emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping.
■ (wake up to) become alert to or aware of.
■ cause to stir or come to life.
- 2 Irish or N. Amer. dialect hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
- 1 a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died.
■ (especially in Ireland) a party held after a funeral.
- 2 (wakes) [treated as sing.] an annual festival and holiday in some parts of northern England.
– phrases
be a wake-up Austral./NZ informal be fully alert or aware.
be a wake-up Austral./NZ informal be fully alert or aware.
– derivatives
waker noun.
waker noun.
– origin OE (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Gmc origin; cf. watch.
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wake2
▶noun a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft.
– phrases
in the wake of following as a consequence or result.
in the wake of following as a consequence or result.
– origin C15: prob. via Mid. Low Ger. from ON vǫk, vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’.
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