1
as in awakens
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awakes
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in warns
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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Recent Examples of wakes
Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
This wakes my kids who start crying.
—Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
With a pop, the pumping compressor wakes with startling strength.
—Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
The alarm wakes me up for my last day of work before maternity leave!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 27 Aug. 2025
Picture a 78-year-old father who wakes with a high fever and cannot get out of bed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Some people also have anal itching that wakes them up from sleep.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
This wakes my kids who start crying.
—Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
With a pop, the pumping compressor wakes with startling strength.
—Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
The alarm wakes me up for my last day of work before maternity leave!
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 27 Aug. 2025
Picture a 78-year-old father who wakes with a high fever and cannot get out of bed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Some people also have anal itching that wakes them up from sleep.
—Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wakes
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But the fourth, a par three, awakens the senses with sweeping sea views, the smell of salt air, and the promise of what’s to come.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gnawing paranoia inevitably awakens Pynchon’s characters to the matrix of control enveloping their lives.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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During one of the harrowing trips, 11-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) learns from his father, Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), of the location of a strange doctor named Kelson (Fiennes), but warns his son to stay away from the madman.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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While a seven-figure career without a degree sounds like a dream for Gen Z, Eklund also warns that success doesn’t always come swiftly.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Residents of six Polish districts near to the Ukrainian border received emergency SMS alerts warning of a threat from the air.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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After finding documents related to his father and his initiation as an agent, Nicky travels to find Bourne but accidentally alerts Cyber Ops specialist Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) and agency chief Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) to the former agent’s location.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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No, Kravitz is an artist who builds from the essence of his music, true rock ‘n’ roll, creating a live show that doesn’t push boundaries but rouses the audience and satisfies our yearning for a real rock star.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Wakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wakes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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