wake
- Verb. (intransitive) (often followed by ''up'') To stop sleeping.
- Verb. (transitive) (often followed by ''up'') To make somebody stop sleeping.
- Verb. to lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
- Noun. A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
- Noun. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- Noun. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- Noun. (figuratively) (rfdef, lang en) .
- Noun. A number of vultures assembled together.
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