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Adjective waking has 1 sense
- waking - marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"
Antonym: asleep (indirect, via awake)
Noun waking has 1 sense
- waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking"
--1 is a kind of consciousness
Antonyms: sleeping
--1 has particulars: wakefulness
Verb wake has 5 senses
- wake - be awake, be alert, be there
Antonyms: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
--3 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- wake - make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
--4 is one way to alarm, alert
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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