wake

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. path, track, trail, swath; vigil, watch. See rear, interment, passage. —v. [a]rouse, awake[n]; stir, excite, animate. See activity, excitement.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A track]

Syn. furrow, wash, following wave; see track 2 .

2. [A funeral]

Syn. watch, deathwatch, vigil, viewing, obsequies, funeral service, last rites; see also funeral 1 .

v.

1. [To waken another]

Syn. call, rouse, bring to life, arouse, awaken, wake up, prod, shake, nudge, break into one's slumber.

2. [To become awake]

Syn. get up, awake, be roused, get out of bed, open one's eyes, rise, arise, stir, stretch oneself, tumble out of bed*.

3. [To begin to comprehend]

Syn. notice, see, grasp; see understand 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. watch vigil, funeral service, rites.

2. backwash wash, trail, track, path, contrail.

II

v.

1. awaken wake up, awake, get up, rouse, stir, *rise and shine, open one's eyes, *shake the cobwebs out, come around.

2. activate animate, come out of dormancy, revive, stir.

ANT.: 1. sleep, nod off, doze. 2. quiet, deactivate

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A watch over the body of a dead person before burial: watch. See RITUAL.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To cease sleeping: arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, stir1, waken. See AWARENESS.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something that follows or is drawn along behind: tail, trail, train. See PRECEDE.