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)