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Definitions for Waking

[1] to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up ).
[2] to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams.
[3] to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation.
[4] to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you.
[5] to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return.
[6] to hold a wake over a corpse.
[7] to keep watch or vigil.
[8] to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up ): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock.
[9] to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often followed by up ): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions.
[10] to hold a wake for or over (a dead person).
[11] to keep watch or vigil over.
[12] a watching, or a watch kept, especially for some solemn or ceremonial purpose.
[13] a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking.
[14] a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance.
[15] the state of being awake: between sleep and wake.
[16] (often foll by up) to rouse or become roused from sleep
[17] (often foll by up) to rouse or become roused from inactivity
[18] (intr; often foll by to or up to) to become conscious or aware at last he woke to the situation
[19] (intr) to be or remain awake
[20] (tr) to arouse (feelings etc)
[21] dialect to hold a wake over (a corpse)
[22] archaic , or dialect to keep watch over
[23] wake up and smell the coffee informal to face up to reality, especially in an unpleasant situation
[24] a watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person during the night before burial
[25] (in Ireland) festivities held after a funeral
[26] the patronal or dedication festival of English parish churches
[27] a solemn or ceremonial vigil
[28] (usually plural) an annual holiday in any of various towns in northern England, when the local factory or factories close, usually for a week or two weeks
[29] rare the state of being awake
[30] the waves or track left by a vessel or other object moving through water
[31] the track or path left by anything that has passed wrecked houses in the wake of the hurricane

Words related to Waking

wakealert, rising, awake, arising, stirring, wakened, conscious

Words nearby Waking

wakewaka, wakamatsu, wakame, wakashan, wakayama, wake, wake island, wake-robin, wake-up, wake-up call, wakeboarding

Origin of Waking

e1before 900; (v.) in sense “to become awake” continuing Middle English waken, Old English *wacan (found only in past tense wōc and the compounds onwacan, āwacan to become awake; see awake (v.)); in sense “to be awake” continuing Middle English waken, Old English wacian (cognate with Old Frisian wakia, Old Saxon wakōn, Old Norse vaka, Gothic wakan ); in sense “to rouse from sleep” continuing Middle English waken, replacing Middle English wecchen, Old English weccan, probably altered by association with the other senses and with the k of Old Norse vaka; (noun) Middle English: state of wakefulness, vigil (late Middle English: vigil over a dead body), probably continuing Old English *wacu (found only in nihtwacu night-watch); all ultimately < Germanic *wak- be lively; akin to watch, vegetable, vigil

Other words from Waking

wak·er , noun
half-wak·ing , adjective
un·waked , adjective
un·wak·ing , adjective

Word origin for Waking

eC16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse vaka, vök hole cut in ice, Swedish vak, Danish vaage; perhaps related to Old Norse vökr, Middle Dutch wak wet

Synonyms for Waking

alert, arising, awake, rising, stirring, wakened, conscious, getting up