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Wake is a word with a few different meanings! It can describe when you stop sleeping, the waves a boat leaves behind in the water, or a special gathering for someone who has passed away. Let's explore what "wake" can mean.

Waking Up: From Sleep to Awake

One common meaning of "wake" is to stop being asleep and become awake. When your alarm clock rings in the morning, it helps you wake up! Your body needs sleep to rest and recharge, and waking up means you're ready to start a new day.

Water Wake: Waves Behind a Boat

When a boat or anything moves through water, it often leaves a trail of waves behind it. This trail is called a "wake." You've probably seen these V-shaped waves on a lake or ocean. The faster a boat goes, the bigger and more noticeable its wake can be. These wakes are actually a type of wave created by the water being pushed aside as the boat moves. Sometimes, surfers even try to ride the wake from a large ship!

Funeral Wake: Remembering Someone Special

A "wake" can also be a gathering of people after someone has died. It's a time for family and friends to come together, share memories, and support each other. These gatherings are often held before or after a Funeral, and they help people say goodbye and remember the person who passed away. It's a way to honor their life and comfort those who are sad.

Images for kids

  • Karmansche Wirbelstr kleine Re

    Visualisation of the Kármán vortex street in the wake behind a circular cylinder in air; the flow is made visible through release of oil vapour in the air near the cylinder.

  • Bodensee at Lindau - DSC06962

    Typical duck wake

  • Fjordn surface wave boat

    Kelvin wake pattern generated by a small boat.

  • 070107-Konigssee-dramaticwake

    Wake of a boat crossing an alpine lake (Koenigsee)

  • Bugwinkel39

    39° ship wake

  • Wake.avon.gorge.2boats.arp.750pix

    The wakes of two slow-moving boats. The nearer boat has made a striking series of ruler-straight waves

  • ISS013-E-48021

    A boat race with overlapping wakes, from the International Space Station, 2006

  • Powwave1908s

    ohn Harvard Biles: "The Design and Construction of Ships, Vol. II: Stability, Resistance, Propulsion and Oscillation of Ships" (1908)

  • Aktersvall1

    Wake from a fast, small motorboat with an outboard motor

  • CGI Wake in Pond

    Wake simulation

  • Kelvin Wake Fr=1

    Kelvin wake simulation

  • Surfer about to catch the wake from a ship

    Germany's only consistent surf spot is a giant wake from a ship

  • Sunseeker Wake

    Wake from a fast motor yacht on the Indian River looking at the 17th Street Bridge

  • Wake (Kilwater) behind a ferry

    Wake behind a ferry in the Baltic Sea

  • Starr 021108-0070 returning from Molokini - wake (November 2002)

    Wake of a boat in the Hawaiian Islands

  • Large engine boat wake

    Wake of a ferryboat just off British Columbia, Canada.

See also

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