WAKE

(WATER) [noun] [C] - an area of water whose movement has been changed by a boat or ship moving through it The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship.The little boats were left bobbing about in the cruise ship's wake.The demonstrators rampaged through the town centre, leaving chaos in their wake (= behind them).If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it.Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks.