- awakening, wakening, waking up - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most"
--1 is a kind of arousal, rousing
--1 has particulars: reveilleDerived forms: verb awaken2, verb awaken1
- awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: cause to sleep
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun awakening1
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun awakening1
Somebody ----s
- awaken - make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
--3 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody