2syllables
waking
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Definitions ofwaking
1verb
- (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
Example: "I woke up at four o'clock this morning."
- (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
Example: "The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream."
- To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- To be alert; to keep watch
Example: "Command unto the guards that they diligently wake."
- To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
1noun
- The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.
1adjective
- Occurring during wakefulness.
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