to woke
- verb
- /woʊkt/
- This morning I woke up really early, very tired.
- Woke up this morning
- Woke from a dream
- Woke up again
Look at that skin like you just woke up like it beautiful.
- Look at that skin like you just woke up like it beautiful.
- Tried to sleep for an hour, woke up back on the road again.
- Because our ancestors woke up and the fear was real.
- After that, I woke up and played tennis.
- I fell asleep and spoiler alert I woke up and Daenerys was dead.
- The next morning I woke up and I was, I was done.
- So, so you can be frozen and woken up thousands of years from now.
- I was talking when you woke up, so again, I just woke up.
- And I woke up to the sound of scratching.
Examples
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Woke up at 3 a.m. today thinking about stuff, so I turned on the light and made notes.
Blog text (18) -
Woke up this morning with a stuffy nose and a sore throat.
Blog text (22) -
I set up my camera, fell back asleep, and then woke up for the video.
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Woke up in hospital a week later.
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Woke up after the first shift when my fever broke.
Fiction book (1996) -
Woke up the next morning with a big red welt on the side of my neck.
Blog text (3) -
This morning, I woke up early and felt refreshed for the day ahead.
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After the party, she finally woke up and realized she had missed her appointment.
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He woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside his window.
Synonyms
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping
To stop sleeping or make someone else wake up
To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting phrase for strong social justice ideas seen as spreading online and changing people's views
- Offensive
A group of people who quickly and strongly criticise others online for social or political views
- Offensive
An event where people focus on social justice causes more than art or sport
- Offensive
A person who insists their social justice views are the only right ones
Surface Forms
Etymology
Woke as a verb is just the past form of the common verb wake, which means 'to stop sleeping', so woke means 'stopped sleeping' or 'caused someone to stop sleeping'.