dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/wak_MW.json
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"waka":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Maori":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180203",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wakame":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an edible brown seaweed ( Undaria pinnatifida ) native to Asia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Seasoning salt flecked with wakame bits and red pepper. \u2014 Elyse Inamine, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 June 2022",
"The best edible seaweeds on the Central Coast include those mentioned above as well as wakame and grapestone. \u2014 Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Toppings like menma, wakame and a cartoonish slice of pink and white naruto are straight-up traditional. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 11 May 2020",
"Toppings like menma, wakame and a cartoonish slice of pink and white naruto are straight-up traditional. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 11 May 2020",
"Toppings like menma, wakame and a cartoonish slice of pink and white naruto are straight-up traditional. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 24 Apr. 2020",
"Arrange wakame , carrots, and bamboo shoots in bowls. \u2014 Eric Velasco, al , 24 Jan. 2020",
"In another, cubes of tender tuna mingle with slippery wakame , crisp slices of fried lotus root, and earthy black-trumpet mushrooms in a tart, drinkable ponzu. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2019",
"Drain wakame in a colander or mesh sieve, transfer to a cutting board and chop coarsely. \u2014 San Antonio Express-News , 25 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1950, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"w\u00e4-\u02c8k\u00e4-me"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115443",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wake":{
"antonyms":[
"lull"
],
"definitions":{
": a watch held over the body of a dead person prior to burial and sometimes accompanied by festivity":[],
": aftermath sense 3":[],
": an annual English parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the church's patron saint":[],
": an annual holiday or vacation":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
": as a result of : as a consequence of":[
"power vacuums left in the wake of the second world war",
"\u2014 A. M. Schlesinger born 1917"
],
": awake , wake up":[
"They woke early."
],
": close behind and in the same path of travel":[
"missionaries arrived in the wake of conquistadors and soldiers",
"\u2014 Sabine MacCormack"
],
": stir , excite":[
"an experience that woke old feelings"
],
": the festivities originally connected with the wake of an English parish church":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
": the state of being awake":[],
": to arouse conscious interest in : alert":[
"\u2014 usually used with to woke the public to the risks"
],
": to be or remain awake":[],
": to remain awake on watch especially over a corpse":[],
": to rouse from or as if from sleep : awake , wake up":[
"Something woke her in the middle of the night."
],
": to stay up late in revelry":[],
": vigil sense 3a":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She can never remember her dreams upon waking .",
"my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1627, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"akin to Middle Low German wake wake, Norwegian dialect vok , Old Norse v\u01ebk hole in ice":"Noun",
"partly from Middle English waken (past wook , past participle waken ), from Old English wacan to awake (past w\u014dc , past participle wacen ); partly from Middle English wakien, waken (past & past participle waked ), from Old English wacian to be awake (past wacode , past participle wacod ); akin to Old English w\u00e6ccan to watch, Latin veg\u0113re to enliven":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"knock up",
"rouse",
"waken"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162518",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wake up and smell the coffee/roses":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to realize the truth about one's situation : to become aware of what is really happening":[
"These problems are not going to fix themselves. Voters need to wake up and smell the coffee and elect someone who will get things done."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085354",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"wake-up call":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something (such as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves to wake a sleeper":[],
": something that serves to alert a person to a problem, danger, or need":[
"a wake-up call to parents"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steep stock plunge for Netflix \u2014 down 70 percent in value so far this year after leading key media sector share price gainers in recent years \u2014 is a wake-up call for the streaming space. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
"The former Democratic nominee for president said that the overturning of Roe v. Wade should be a wake-up call for every American who doesn't think that their vote counts. \u2014 Analisa Novak, CBS News , 28 June 2022",
"The devastation at Champlain Towers South was -- quite literally -- a wake-up call for many. \u2014 Soo Rin Kim, ABC News , 24 June 2022",
"This should be a wake-up call for all those low-wage MAGA-ites who think Trump cares about making their lives better. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"Kishida said the Russian invasion of Ukraine ought to be a wake-up call for the region. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Some worry that Abu Akleh's death bodes poorly for the future of the press \u2014 unless, that is, justice is served, and governments and militaries treat it as a wake-up call . \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"Disney Pays the Price for Woke Business Politics Review & Outlook: What started as a row over parental rights legislation has resulted in the Walt Disney Company losing special privileges in Florida\u2014and serves as a wake-up call for other CEOs. \u2014 Robert Netzly, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"For many Americans, the pandemic has served as a wake-up call . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 17 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"caution",
"red flag",
"red light",
"tip-off",
"tocsin",
"warning"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083209",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wakeful":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened"
],
"definitions":{
": not sleeping or able to sleep : sleepless":[]
},
"examples":[
"the mother remained wakeful until her child returned home",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just below the surface of wakeful awareness, just a minute or two under it, everything is change. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Smith found that when people first began to experience tingles, there was a sudden surge in alpha waves, which indicate a state of wakeful rest. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Taking time to space out\u2014whether by showering, pulling weeds, or petting a dog\u2014provides an opportunity for what psychologists call wakeful rest. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science , 25 Feb. 2021",
"And evening types rise as late as possible and remain wakeful well past dark. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Five primate electrophysiologists agreed that, upon 50 Hz stimulation of the central lateral thalamus, anesthetized Wisconsin monkeys become wakeful . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"My wakeful nights have continued, putting me in exhausted sympathy with a yawning number of Americans. \u2014 Ron Charles Critic, Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2019",
"There\u2019s a wakeful element of social interaction to watching TV \u2014 people are talking, the adrenaline starts flowing. \u2014 Jenna Birch, sun-sentinel.com , 6 June 2019",
"There\u2019s a wakeful element of social interaction to watching TV \u2013 people are talking, the adrenaline starts flowing. \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 3 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1546, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101k-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"awake",
"insomniac",
"sleepless",
"wide-awake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"wakefulness":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened"
],
"definitions":{
": not sleeping or able to sleep : sleepless":[]
},
"examples":[
"the mother remained wakeful until her child returned home",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just below the surface of wakeful awareness, just a minute or two under it, everything is change. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Smith found that when people first began to experience tingles, there was a sudden surge in alpha waves, which indicate a state of wakeful rest. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Taking time to space out\u2014whether by showering, pulling weeds, or petting a dog\u2014provides an opportunity for what psychologists call wakeful rest. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science , 25 Feb. 2021",
"And evening types rise as late as possible and remain wakeful well past dark. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Star Tribune , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Five primate electrophysiologists agreed that, upon 50 Hz stimulation of the central lateral thalamus, anesthetized Wisconsin monkeys become wakeful . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
"My wakeful nights have continued, putting me in exhausted sympathy with a yawning number of Americans. \u2014 Ron Charles Critic, Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2019",
"There\u2019s a wakeful element of social interaction to watching TV \u2014 people are talking, the adrenaline starts flowing. \u2014 Jenna Birch, sun-sentinel.com , 6 June 2019",
"There\u2019s a wakeful element of social interaction to watching TV \u2013 people are talking, the adrenaline starts flowing. \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 3 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1546, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101k-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"awake",
"insomniac",
"sleepless",
"wide-awake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011311",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"waken":{
"antonyms":[
"lull"
],
"definitions":{
": awake":[
"\u2014 often used with up"
],
": to rouse especially out of sleep : wake":[]
},
"examples":[
"a sudden loud noise wakened us",
"she usually wakens when sunlight begins to stream through the windows",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two easy arm swing stretches to waken your shoulders after hours hunched over computers and phones. \u2014 Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online , 19 May 2020",
"The startling display of acrobatics came, according to police, on Oct. 19, after homeowners in the 700 block of Pershing Drive in Silver Spring were wakened about 2:15 a.m. by the sound of a door. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2019",
"Before the Sword, by Grace Lin Mulan crept into her house, even though the Rabbit had told her the villagers would not waken even with the loudest of noises. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 24 Oct. 2019",
"The homeowner was wakened by the sound of knocking at the front door. \u2014 Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity , 4 Apr. 2018",
"She was wakened by an early morning phone call from family in Australia telling her the princess had died in a Paris car accident, then raced to the palace with her daughter and was among the first to leave a floral tribute. \u2014 Danica Kirka, The Seattle Times , 31 Aug. 2017",
"Local comedy writer Mary Jo Crowley was asleep when a daytime call came in from her medical office, abruptly wakening her up. \u2014 Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com , 30 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English waknen , from Old English w\u00e6cnian ; akin to Old Norse vakna to awaken, Old English w\u00e6ccan to watch":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101-k\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"knock up",
"rouse",
"wake"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091543",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"waking":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": passed in a conscious or alert state":[
"every waking hour"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101-ki\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teens spend much of their waking time with peers and friends. \u2014 Catherine Bagwell, The Conversation , 22 Apr. 2020",
"When nightmare scenarios move to the waking world, stark fictions and knotty personal histories offer guidance less in the factual specifics than in their emotional terrain. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Except now, without practices and position meetings and all the usual minutiae consuming every waking moment of a coach\u2019s day, Williams has never had so much time. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2020",
"Since becoming director of Dallas Animal Services in October 2017, Ed Jamison has spent every waking moment trying to get potential adopters and fosters into the shelter. \u2014 Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Ronan Lynch has the power to bring objects from dreams into the waking world. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2019",
"Noe-Idlebird's mother flew from Monterey, Calif., and has spent every waking moment with their daughter since the accident, providing status updates and pictures every day. \u2014 Perry Vandell, azcentral , 8 Jan. 2020",
"This could be a week when achieving your joint ambitions dominates every waking moment. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 1 Dec. 2019",
"But Josh\u2019s 16-year-old sister Lisa (Abby Nigro) has had it with the way her brother\u2019s situation dominates every waking moment in the household. \u2014 Christine Dolen, sun-sentinel.com , 11 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1556, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-065628"
},
"wake-up":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": serving to wake up":[
"a wake-up alarm"
],
": awake entry 1 , wake entry 1 : such as":[],
": to cease sleeping : to become awake":[
"I woke up late this morning.",
"When I woke up on Monday the sky was the color of mercury, and the air was heavy with moisture.",
"\u2014 Ann M. Martin"
],
": to rouse (a person or animal) from or as if from sleep":[
"The sound of a door slamming woke him up ."
],
": to become aware or to make (someone) aware of something (such as an existing problem or danger)":[
"They finally woke up and realized what was happening.",
"\u2014 usually used with to a study that woke people up to the importance of regular exercise In 1997, \u2026 Jacob Nielsen predicted that if newspapers didn't wake up to the threat of online classified advertising and dominate the field by 1998, many of them would die within a decade. \u2014 Emily Benedek"
],
": to make (something) active : arouse , stir":[
"\"And what joy and cheerfulness it wakes up within us, to see all nature beaming in brightness and sunshine \u2026\" added Alice \u2026",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101k-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1767, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135326"
},
"waking hour/moment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the time that a person is awake":[
"I spent every waking hour/moment thinking about how to fix the problem."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204747"
}
}