awake
verb
[ əˈweɪk ]
• stop sleeping; wake from sleep.
• "she awoke to find the streets covered in snow"
Similar:
wake (up),
awaken,
stir,
come to,
come round,
bestir oneself,
show signs of life,
Opposite:
fall asleep,
awake
adjective
• not asleep.
• "the noise might keep you awake at night"
Origin:
Old English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (see a-2, wake1).
wide awake
• fully awake.
