stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake"
mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
AWAKEN
stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
WAKE
cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
be awake, be alert, be there
make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation"
arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"