Dictionary Entry
awake
awake is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
- 2transitive verb
To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
- 3intransitive verb
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
- 4adjective
Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
- 5verb
stop sleeping
"She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
- 6adjective
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
"lay awake thinking about his new job"
"still not fully awake"
- 7adjective
mentally perceptive and responsive
"an alert mind"
"alert to the problems"
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