wake

– verb
1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken.
2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state.
3. to become cognizant or aware of something.
4. to be or continue to be awake.
5. to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.
6. to hold a wake over a corpse.
7. to keep watch or vigil.
8. to rouse from sleep.
9. to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc.
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. the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water.
15. the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded.