awake

Definition

  • verb: to stop sleeping
  • verb: to cease sleeping
  • synonyms: wake, awaken, waken

Examples

  • It was quite late, but the children were still 'wide awake'. [=not tired at all]

  • One moment she was sleeping soundly—the next she was wide 'awake'.

  • How long will it take them to 'awake to' their mistake?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) everybody to the floor, and then cleaned out the registers. And hear this, they even swiped jewelry from some of the customers. You awake? They ran out of the bank to a waiting getaway car. A driver was there to take them away. It was a red... You hungry? (..)
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