herätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To make someone wake up.
• stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

herätä is used for these senses in English:

• awake (intransitive) To become conscious after having slept.
• awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
• awake (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
• stir (intransitive) Of a feeling or emotion: to rise, begin to be felt.
• stir (intransitive) To rise from sleep or unconsciousness.
• 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 (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.

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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