vække — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To make someone wake up.
• evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
• kindle verb To light or start a fire.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

vække is used for these senses in English:

• evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
• wake (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• wake up (intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
• wake up (transitive) To awaken somebody.

awake — full definition

1. adj Not asleep; conscious.
2. verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.

awaken — full definition

1. verb To make someone wake up.
2. verb To wake up from sleep.
3. verb To stir something into activity after it has been inactive.
4. verb To become active again after being inactive.

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