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waked up

waked up is the simple past and past participle of wake up.

Meaning of wake up

Verb

wake up (third-person singular simple present wakes up, present participle waking up, simple past woke up or waked up, past participle woken up or waked up)

  1. (intransitive) To stop sleeping; to awake.
    • I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To awaken somebody.
    • Wake your brother up; it's time for school.
  3. (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
    • Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet.

Questions about waked up

What is waked up the simple past and past participle of?
Waked up is the simple past and past participle of wake up.

Words near waked up in the dictionary

  1. wakeboarder
  2. wakeboarders
  3. wakeboarding
  4. wakeboards
  5. waked
  6. waked up
  7. wakeel
  8. wakeels
  9. WaKeeney
  10. wakefield
  11. wakefieldite

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