waking up, rousing from sleep
wake, arouse (someone); be woken up, be aroused (i.e. from sleep)
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Awaking Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Awake
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Awake
Verb
1. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
(synonym) wake up, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
(hypernym) change state, turn
(entail) sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
Adjective
1. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
(synonym) awake(p)
(antonym) asleep(p)
(similar) astir(p), up(p)
(see-also) alert
2. not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"
(synonym) alert, awake(p)
(similar) conscious
3. (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
(synonym) alert, alive(p), awake(p)
(similar) aware(p)
Awaking Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
I wept in my dreams.
I dreamed you lay in the grave;
I awoke, and the tears
still poured down my cheeks.
I wept in my dreams,
I dreamed you had left me;
I awoke and I went on weeping
long and bitterly.
I wept in my dreams,
I dreamed you were still kind to me;
I awoke, and still
the flow of my tears streams on.
I dreamed you lay in the grave;
I awoke, and the tears
still poured down my cheeks.
I wept in my dreams,
I dreamed you had left me;
I awoke and I went on weeping
long and bitterly.
I wept in my dreams,
I dreamed you were still kind to me;
I awoke, and still
the flow of my tears streams on.
Awaking Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
To be awake is to experience wakefulness, the state of being conscious.
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Awaking Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
1
verb
(a) to wake somebody up; he was awoken by pains in his chest
(b) to wake up; after the accident he awoke to find himself in hospital
(NOTE: awakes - awaking - awoke - has awoken)
2
adjective
not asleep; he was still awake at 2 o'clock in the morning; the patients were kept awake by shouts in the next ward.
the baby is wide awake = very awake
(NOTE: awake cannot be used in front of a noun)
verb
(a) to wake somebody up; he was awoken by pains in his chest
(b) to wake up; after the accident he awoke to find himself in hospital
(NOTE: awakes - awaking - awoke - has awoken)
2
adjective
not asleep; he was still awake at 2 o'clock in the morning; the patients were kept awake by shouts in the next ward.
the baby is wide awake = very awake
(NOTE: awake cannot be used in front of a noun)
