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To cease to sleep; become awake: overslept and woke late.
(verb-intransitive)
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To stay awake: Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
(verb-intransitive)
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To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness: suddenly woke to the danger we were in.
(verb-intransitive)
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To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse.
(verb-intransitive)
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To rouse from sleep; awaken.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.