1. (

• awakening ,
• wakening ,
• waking_up

) the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" ;

1. (

• 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." ;

2. (

• wake_up ,
• awake ,
• arouse ,
• awaken ,
• wake ,
• come_alive ,
• waken

) stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" ;

3. (

• awaken

) make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts" ;