väcka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
- awaken verb To make someone wake up.
- elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
- kindle verb To light or start a fire.
- stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
- wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
Senses
väcka is used for these senses in English:
- awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
- awake (transitive) To excite or to stir up something latent.
- elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- stimulate To arouse an organism to functional activity.
- 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
- adj Not asleep; conscious.
- verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.
awaken — full definition
- verb To make someone wake up.
- verb To wake up from sleep.
- verb To stir something into activity after it has been inactive.
- verb To become active again after being inactive.
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