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Learn to pronounce wake

/wāk/
verb
  1. emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping.
    "she woke up feeling better"
    synonyms: awake, awaken, waken (up), rouse, stir, come to, come around, get up, get out of bed, bestir oneself, get going, come alive, show signs of life, arise, waken, arouse, bring to, bring around, knock up
  2. hold a vigil beside (someone who has died).
    "we waked Jim last night"

noun
  1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes accompanied by ritual observances including eating and drinking.
    "he was attending a friend's wake"
  2. (in some parts of the UK) a festival and holiday held annually in a rural parish, originally on the feast day of the patron saint of the church.
    "his workers absented themselves for the local wakes"

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