(~s, waking, woke, woken)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~d' is used in American English for the past tense.
1.
When you ~ or when someone or something ~s you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30...
Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window...
She woke to find her dark room lit by flashing lights...
She went upstairs to ~ Milton.
VERB: V, V to n, V to-inf, V n
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Wake up means the same as ~ .
One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong...
At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P
2.
The ~ of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water.
Dolphins sometimes play in the ~ of the boats.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with poss
3.
A ~ is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone’s funeral.
A funeral ~ was in progress.
N-COUNT: usu sing
4.
If one thing follows in the ~ of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the ~ of last week’s convention...
= following
PREP-PHRASE
5.
Your waking hours are the times when you are a~ rather than asleep.
It was work which consumed most of his waking hours...
PHRASE: usu with poss
6.
If you leave something or someone in your ~, you leave them behind you as you go.
Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his ~...
PHRASE: PHR after v
7.
If you are following in someone’s ~, you are following them or their example.
In his ~ came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
...the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v