waking

(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

“I woke up at four o'clock this morning.”

(often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

“The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.”

To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.

To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

To be alert; to keep watch

“Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.”

To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.

Occurring during wakefulness.