Waking

//ˈweɪkɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.

    "[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings."

  2. 2
    the state of remaining awake wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wake form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring during wakefulness.

    "A waking nightmare"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by full consciousness or alertness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
wakefulwakeful

Example

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"I walked softly for fear of waking the baby."

Related phrases

half-wakingwaking dreamwaking life

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