wake

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.