a ceremony or celebration in honour of a person who has died, held before or after the funeral (traditionally taking the form of a watch or vigil held beside the body of the dead person)

he was attending a friend's wake

mourners gathered at the house to hold a wake for the youth

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

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