Plural of wake
regular plural
The plural of wake is wakes.
Forms of wake
| Singular | wake /ˈweɪ̯k/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wakes |
| Countable | countable |
Wakes in a sentence
- I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.From the entry chill out
- Repulse combed the torpedo wakes and knocked down two of the attackers.2013, Steve Backer, British Battlecruisers of the Second World War, page 10. From the entry comb
- And some mornings she wakes up with just her jim-jam bottoms on, wanting to be a dog.2007, Duncan McLaren, Looking for Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton, Portobello Books, →ISBN, page 280. From the entry jim-jam
- TUPOLSKI: A man wakes up in the iron gibbet he's been left to starve to death in.2003, Martin McDonagh, “Act One, Scene One”, in The Pillowman, →ISBN, pages 17-18. From the entry gibbet
- A barefooter can perform such tricks as one-foot barefoot, tumble turns, crossing wakes, and toehold barefoot.1974, Kenneth Stephens, Waterskiing, page 91. From the entry barefooter
Meaning of wake
- verb (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- verb (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
- verb To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
Questions about the plural of wake
- What is the plural of wake?
- The plural of wake is wakes.
- Is wake countable?
- Wake is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wake (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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