wake
/ˈweɪ̯k/ noun A1- The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
- The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- The area behind a moving person or object. · The player left the rest of the field trailing in her wake.
- The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
Plural wakes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I wish I could go to sleep and never wake up until it is over.”
Sometimes I wake up in the night and wonder what I’ll do if I don’t pass.”
By the rubbish in our wake, and the noble noise we make, Be sure, be sure, we’re going to do some splendid things!_
Don’t you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day; and then at night to fly back to one’s nest?
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