emerge or cause to emerge from sleep; stop sleeping

she woke up feeling better

I woke him gently

hold a vigil beside (someone who has died)

we waked Jim last night

a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances

he was attending a friend's wake

an annual festival and holiday held in some parts of northern England, originally one held in a rural parish on the feast day of the patron saint of the church

his workers absented themselves for the local wakes

wakes weeks

a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft