Waking
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the state of remaining awake wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of wake form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Occurring during wakefulness.
"A waking nightmare"
Adjective
- 1 marked by full consciousness or alertness wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"I walked softly for fear of waking the baby."