Meaning
- (verb) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. “I woke up at four o'clock this morning.”
- (verb) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. “The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.”
- (verb) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- (verb) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- (verb) To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
- (verb) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- (verb) To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (verb) To be alert; to keep watch “Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.”
- (verb) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
- (noun) The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.
- (adjective) Occurring during wakefulness.
Letter breakdown
- Waking contains 6 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
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Reader questions
What does Waking mean?
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
How many letters are in Waking?
Waking has 6 letters.
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