herätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
• awaken verb To cause to become awake.
• 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 cause to become awake.
2. verb To stop sleeping; awake.
3. verb To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
4. verb Of something previously dormant, to become active.

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