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Definition of "woke" []

  • A past tense of wake1. See Regional Note at wake1. (verb)

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.

Use "woke" in a sentence
  • "Wein woke up Michael and ran from the house, but unfortunately their dog turned around and went back into the house to hide."
  • "This morning, I woke from a dream that I had been lying in bed unable to sleep for hours and it was 5am and I was exhausted."
  • "In the mid 1950s Britain woke up to the threat of an invasion."