How to pronounce wake in English

"The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension any track; as the wake of an army."

"To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep."

"To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel."

"To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up."

"To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant torpid or inactive state; to be active."

"To rouse from sleep; to awake."

"To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite."

"To bring to life again as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive."

"To watch or sit up with at night as a dead body."

"The act of waking or being awaked; also the state of being awake."

"The state of forbearing sleep especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil."

"An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally prayers were said on the evening preceding and hymns were sung during the night in the church; subsequently these vigils were discontinued and the day itself often with succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises attended by eating and drinking often to excess."

"The sitting up of persons with a dead body often attended with a degree of festivity chiefly among the Irish."