faire — meaning in English

English meaning

• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
• watch noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.

Senses

faire is used for these senses in English:

• wake A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.

wake — full definition

1. verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
2. noun A gathering held before or after a funeral to remember the person who died.
3. noun The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat, or turbulence left behind anything moving through air or water.

watch — full definition

1. noun A small timepiece worn on the wrist or carried in a pocket.
2. noun The act of keeping guard over someone or something, or the period during which this happens.
3. verb To look at something attentively for a period of time.
4. verb To be careful or alert about something.

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