ENGLISH: awake - CREOLE: reveye



Overview of verb awake



The verb awake has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (7) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken -- (stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock")



Overview of adj awake



The adj awake has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (9) awake -- (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake")

2. (2) alert, awake -- (not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert")

3. alert, alive, awake -- ((usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "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")

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