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Wake Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up). | | 2. | to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's day
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dreams. | | 3. | to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation. | | 4. | to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you. | | 5. | to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return. | | 6. | to hold a wake over a corpse. | | 7. | to keep watch or vigil. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock. | | 9. | to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often fol. by up): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions. | | 10. | to hold a wake for or over (a dead person). | | 11. | to keep watch or vigil over. | –noun | 12. | a watching, or a watch kept, esp. for some solemn or ceremonial purpose. | | 13. | a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking. | | 14. | a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance. | | 15. | the state of being awake: between sleep and wake. | |
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Call Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. | | 2. | to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. | | 3. | to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to dinner? | | 4. | to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone: Call me when you arrive. | | 5. | to rouse from sleep, as by a call; waken: Call me at eight o'clock. | | 6. | to read over (a roll or a list) in a loud voice. | | 7. | to convoke or convene: to call Congress into session. | | 8. | to announce authoritatively; proclaim: to call a halt. | | 9. | to order into effect; establish: to call a strike. | | 10. | to schedule: to call a rehearsal. | | 11. | to summon by or as if by divine command: He felt called to the ministry. | | 12. | to summon to an office, duty, etc.: His country called him to the colors. | | 13. | to cause to come; bring: to call to mind; to call into existence. | | 14. | to bring under consideration or discussion: The judge called the case to court. | | 15. | to attract or lure (birds or animals) by imitating characteristic sounds. | | 16. | to direct or attract (attention): He called his roommate's attention to the mess. | | 17. | to name or address (someone) as: His parents named him James, but the boys call him Jim. | | 18. | to designate as something specified: He called me a liar. | | 19. | to think of as something specified; consider; estimate: I call that a mean remark. | | 20. | to demand of (someone) that he or she fulfill a promise, furnish evidence for a statement, etc.: They called him on his story. | | 21. | to criticize adversely; express disapproval of; censure: She called him on his vulgar language. | | 22. | to demand payment or fulfillment of (a loan). | | 23. | to demand presentation of (bonds) for redemption. | | 24. | to forecast correctly: He has called the outcome of the last three elections. | | 25. | Sports. (of an official) | a. | to pronounce a judgment on (a shot, pitch, batter, etc.): The umpire called the pitch a strike. | | b. | to put an end to (a contest) because of inclement weather, poor field conditions, etc.: A sudden downpour forced the umpire to call the game. | | | 26. | Pool. to name (the ball) one intends to drive into a particular pocket. | | 27. | (in a computer program) to transfer control of to a procedure or subroutine. | | 28. | Cards. | b. | to demand the display of a hand by (a player). | | c. | Poker. to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round. | | d. | Bridge. to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit). | | –verb (used without object) | 29. | to speak loudly, as to attract attention; shout; cry: She called to the children. | | 30. | to make a short visit; stop at a place on some errand or business: She called at the store for the package. | | 31. | to telephone or try to telephone a person: He promised to call at noon. | | 32. | Cards. | b. | to demand a showing of hands. | | c. | Poker. to equal a bet. | | d. | Bridge. to bid or pass. | | | 33. | (of a bird or animal) to utter its characteristic cry. | –noun | 35. | the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal. | | 36. | an instrument for imitating this cry and attracting or luring an animal: He bought a duck call. | | 37. | an act or instance of telephoning: She went into a telephone booth to place her call. | | 38. | a short visit: to make a call on someone. | | 39. | a summons or signal sounded by a bugle, bell, etc.: We live so close to the fort that we can hear the bugle calls. | | 40. | a summons, invitation, or bidding: The students gathered at the call of the dean. | | 41. | a calling of a roll; roll call. | | 42. | the fascination or appeal of a given place, vocation, etc.: the call of the sea. | | 43. | a mystic experience of divine appointment to a vocation or service: He had a call to become a minister. | | 44. | a request or invitation to become pastor of a church, a professor in a university, etc. | | 45. | a need or occasion: He had no call to say such outrageous things. | | 46. | a demand or claim: to make a call on a person's time. | | 47. | a demand for payment of an obligation, esp. where payment is at the option of the creditor. | | 48. | Cards. | a. | a demand for a card or a showing of hands. | | b. | Poker. an equaling of the preceding bet. | | c. | Bridge. a bid or pass. | | | 49. | Sports. a judgment or decision by an umpire, a referee, or other official of a contest, as on a shot, pitch, or batter: The referees were making one bad call after another. | | 50. | Theater. | a. | a notice of rehearsal posted by the stage manager. | | | 51. | Dance. a figure or direction in square dancing, announced to the dancers by the caller. | | 52. | Also called call option. Finance. an option that gives the right to buy a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given period of time, purchased by a person who believes the price will rise. Compare put (def. 24). | | 53. | Fox Hunting. any of several cries, or sounds made on a horn by the hunter to encourage the hounds. | —Verb phrases | 54. | call away, to cause to leave or go; summon: A death in the family called him away. | | 55. | call back, | a. | to summon or bring back; recall: He called back the messenger. The actor was called back for a second audition. | | b. | to revoke; retract: to call back an accusation. | | | 56. | call down, | a. | to request or pray for; invoke: to call down the wrath of God. | | b. | to reprimand; scold: The boss called us down for lateness. | | | 57. | call for, | a. | to go or come to get; pick up; fetch. | | c. | to require; demand; need: The occasion calls for a cool head. | | | 58. | call forth, to summon into action; bring into existence: to call forth her courage and resolve. | | 59. | call in, | a. | to call for payment; collect. | | | b. | to withdraw from circulation: to call in gold certificates. | | c. | to call upon for consultation; ask for help: Two specialists were called in to assist in the operation. | | d. | to inform or report by telephone: Did he call in his decision this morning? | | e. | to participate in a radio or television program by telephone. | |
| 60. | call in or into question. question (def. 17). | | 61. | call off, | a. | to distract; take away: Please call off your dog. | | b. | to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain. | | | 62. | call on or upon, | a. | to ask; appeal to: They called on him to represent them. | | b. | to visit for a short time: to call on friends. | | | 63. | call out, | a. | to speak in a loud voice; shout. | | b. | to summon into service or action: Call out the militia! | | c. | to bring out; elicit: The emergency called out her hidden abilities. | | d. | to direct attention to with a callout: to call out each detail in an illustration. | | e. | Informal. to challenge to a fight. | | | 64. | call up, | a. | to bring forward for consideration or discussion. | | b. | to cause to remember; evoke. | | c. | to communicate or try to communicate with by telephone. | | d. | to summon for action or service: A large number of Army reservists were called up. | | e. | Computers. to summon (information) from a computer system for display on a video screen: She called up the full text. | | —Idioms | 65. | call in sick. sick 1 (def. 14). | | 66. | call to order. order (def. 48). | | 67. | on call, | a. | payable or subject to return without advance notice. | | b. | readily available for summoning upon short notice. | | | 68. | take a call, to acknowledge the applause of the audience after a performance by appearing for a bow or a curtain call. | | 69. | within call, within distance or range of being spoken to or summoned: Please stay within call. | |
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