INDEX:
1. to stop sleeping
2. to make someone stop sleeping
3. to get out of bed
4. to stay in bed until late in the morning
5. someone who is easily woken by noise
6. someone who usually gets up early in the morning
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ SLEEP
↑ TIRED/TIRING
↑ EARLY (3)
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1. to stop sleeping
▷ wake/wake up /weɪk, ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ [intransitive verb]
to stop sleeping. Wake is more formal than wake up and is usually used in writing. :
▪ She woke early the next morning, and slipped out of the house unseen.
▪ Babies often wake because they are hungry.
▪ The dog suddenly woke up and started barking.
wake up at 5 a.m./12 noon etc
▪ I woke up at five o'clock and couldn’t get back to sleep again.
▷ awake /əˈweɪk/ [adjective not before noun]
not asleep :
be awake
▪ ‘Are you awake, Lucy?’ she whispered.
▪ I’m usually awake before anyone else.
be wide awake
be completely awake
▪ It was nearly three in the morning, but Jill was still wide awake.
be half awake/barely awake
be not quite awake
▪ He listened, only half awake, as the teacher’s voice droned on.
▪ Barely awake, we stumbled out of the tent to find ourselves in a foot of water.
keep somebody awake
▪ I’ve stopped drinking coffee in the evenings, as it tends to keep me awake at night.
stay awake
▪ Some members of the audience were clearly having difficulty staying awake.
lie awake
be unable to sleep at night
▪ Ben lay awake, worrying about next day’s exam.
▪ I’ve lain awake at nights, turning the problem over and over in my mind.
▷ come around also come round British /kʌm əˈraʊnd, kʌm ˈraʊnd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]
to gradually become conscious again after being given a drug or being hit on the head :
▪ She was coming round after her operation, but she still felt dizzy and very sleepy.
▪ Henry’s eyelids flickered. ‘He’s coming around!’ Marie cried.
▷ stir /stɜːʳ/ [intransitive verb]
to move slightly and wake for a short time, then go back to sleep again :
▪ As I entered the room, she stirred slightly, then went back to sleep.
▪ Roger momentarily stirred, turned in the bed and murmured something inaudible.
2. to make someone stop sleeping
▷ wake/wake up /weɪk, ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive verb/transitive phrasal verb]
▪ Be quiet or you’ll wake my parents.
▪ We were woken by a loud banging on the door.
▪ He shook her arm to try and wake her.
wake somebody up
▪ The alarm clock woke me up at 8 o'clock.
▪ Why didn’t you wake me up this morning? I was late for work.
wake up somebody
▪ They were making enough noise to wake up the whole street!
wake up!
spoken what you say to someone when you want to stop them sleeping
▪ Come on honey, wake up! You’ll be late!
▷ disturb /dɪˈstɜːʳb/ [transitive verb]
to accidentally wake someone who is sleeping, by making a noise or movement :
▪ I got undressed in the bathroom to avoid disturbing her.
▪ I hope my snoring won’t disturb you too much.
disturbed [adjective]
▪ a disturbed night’s sleep
▷ rouse /raʊz/ [transitive verb] formal
to wake someone with difficulty because they are sleeping very deeply :
▪ He found Paula fast asleep in bed, and nothing would rouse her.
rouse somebody from their sleep/slumbers
▪ I was roused from my sleep by the sound of a door banging shut.
▷ get somebody up/get somebody out of bed /ˌget somebody ˈʌp, ˌget somebody aʊt əv ˈbed/ [transitive phrasal verb/verb phrase]
to wake someone up and make them get out of their bed :
▪ Go and get your brother up. It’s time for him to go to work.
▪ Did you get me up just to tell me that?
▪ I’m sorry for calling so early - I hope I didn’t get you out of bed.
3. to get out of bed
▷ get up /ˌget ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]
to get out of bed, especially in the morning in order to get ready for the day :
▪ What time do you need to get up tomorrow?
▪ Why is it always me who gets up first?
get up at 7.00 a.m./dawn etc
▪ Frank gets up at half past five every morning.
get up early/late
▪ I think we should get up early and leave before breakfast.
▪ She goes to bed late and gets up late.
▷ get out of bed /get ˌaʊt əv ˈbed/ [verb phrase]
▪ I couldn’t face getting out of bed this morning.
▪ Isn’t it about time you got out of bed?
▷ be up /biː ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]
to be out of bed and doing things :
▪ Is Harry up yet?
▪ I was up at six this morning.
▪ Jake had been up since dawn.
be up early
▪ You’re up early!
▷ surface /ˈsɜːʳfɪs, ˈsɜːʳfəs/ [intransitive verb] spoken informal
to get up, especially late and after being in bed for a long time :
▪ ‘Have you seen Cathy?’ ‘No, she hasn’t surfaced yet.’
4. to stay in bed until late in the morning
▷ get up late /ˌget ʌp ˈleɪt/ [verb phrase]
to get out of bed later than usual in the morning :
▪ We usually get up late on Sundays.
▪ Jackson’s not here. He must have gotten up late again.
▪ I got up late, and then Brian was in the bathroom, so I just rushed straight here.
▷ have a lie in/sleep late /hæv ə ˈlaɪ ɪn, ˌsliːp ˈleɪt/ [verb phrase]
to stay in bed longer than usual in the morning, especially because you do not need to get up :
▪ It’s Saturday tomorrow, so I can have a lovely long lie in.
▪ We slept late, and when we woke the sun was blazing in through the windows.
▷ stay in bed /ˌsteɪ ɪn ˈbed/ [verb phrase]
to not get out of bed, even though you are not asleep :
▪ If you’re not well, you’d better stay in bed.
▪ We stayed in bed all morning, reading the papers and drinking coffee.
▷ oversleep /ˌəʊvəʳˈsliːp/ [intransitive verb]
to accidentally sleep longer than you intended, so that you are late for something :
▪ Sorry I’m late - I overslept.
▪ They were afraid of oversleeping and missing the plane.
▪ He had overslept on the day he was supposed to take the entrance exam.
▷ sleep in /ˌsliːp ˈɪn/ [intransitive phrasal verb]
to deliberately get up later than usual because you do not have to get up at a fixed time :
▪ I think I’ll go to bed late tonight and sleep in tomorrow.
▪ She doesn’t even like sleeping in, even on Sundays.
5. someone who is easily woken by noise
▷ light sleeper /ˌlaɪt ˈsliːpəʳ/ [countable noun]
▪ Mr and Mrs Carlton are both light sleepers, so be very quiet when you come in at night.
▪ If you are a light sleeper, ask for a room that doesn’t face the street.
6. someone who usually gets up early in the morning
▷ early riser /ˌɜːʳli ˈraɪzəʳ/ [countable noun]
▪ He’d been an early riser ever since he was a child.
▪ A few early risers were already sipping their cappuccinos in the bars facing the square.