wakes

• admonishes
• advises
• agitates
• alerts
• apprises
• arises
• arouses
• augurs
• awakens
• awakes
• bestirs
• bodes
• cautions
• disturbs
• excites
• forbodes
• forebodes
• forecasts
• foreshadows
• foretells
• foretokens
• forewarns
• gets up
• harbingers
• informs
• knocks up
• notifies
• portends
• predicts
• presages
• prognosticates
• prophesies
• provokes
• raises
• reawakens
• revives
• rewakes
• rises
• rolls out
• rouses
• rousts
• routs
• shifts
• stimulates
• stirs
• turns out
• uprises
• wakens
• warns
• watches

• catnaps
• couches
• dozes
• drops off
• flops
• hypnotizes
• imperils
• lies up
• lulls
• mesmerizes
• naps
• nods
• oversleeps
• rests
• retires
• risks
• sacks out
• sleeps
• sleeps in
• slumbers
• snoozes
• turns in

• noun
  1. The act of waking, or state of being awake.
  2. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
  3. A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
  4. (Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
  5. A number of vultures assembled together.
  6. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
  7. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
  8. The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
  9. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
• verb
  1. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
  2. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
  3. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
  4. To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
  5. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
  6. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
  7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
  8. To be alert; to keep watch.
  9. To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

• Wakes from a deep slumber, he rubs his eyes and stretches, ready to face the day.
• The sound of the alarm clock abruptly wakes her from a pleasant dream.
• With each passing minute, the sun slowly wakes the earth from its nighttime slumber.
• The loud noise outside wakes the baby, prompting a chorus of cries from the nursery.
• As dawn wakes the forest, the birdsong fills the air with a symphony of life.

observes

wakens

warns

watches

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