wokeverb
uk/wəʊk/us/woʊk/woke verb (PAST TENSE)
past simple of wake verb
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Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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woke verb (AWARE)
mainly US slang aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality:
She urged young black people to stay woke.