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• wak|en|ing — «WAY kuh nihng», noun. the act of a person or thing that wakens; awakening …   Useful english dictionary

• wak — ar·a·wak; ba·lin·ta·wak; ped·i·wak; sara·wak; wak·en; wak·en·er; wak·en·ing; wak·er; wak·hi; ar·a·wak·an; …   English syllables

• a|wak|en|ing — «uh WAY kuh nihng», noun, adjective. waking up …   Useful english dictionary

• un|a|wak|en|ing — «UHN uh WAY kuh nihng», adjective. having no awakening: »stretched out…in eternal, unawakening sleep (W. H. Hudson) …   Useful english dictionary

• wax|ing — «WAK sihng», noun. 1. the coating of thread with wax before sewing. 2. a method of blacking, dressing, and polishing leather, to give it a finish. 3. the process of stopping out colors in batik …   Useful english dictionary

• waking — wak·ing (wāʹkĭng) adj. Marked by full consciousness, awareness, and alertness: worked every moment of my waking hours. * * * …   Universalium

• waking — wak|ing [ˈweıkıŋ] adj written waking hours/life/day etc all the time when you are awake ▪ His face haunted her every waking moment! …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• waking — wak|ing [ weıkıŋ ] adjective relating to all the time that you are awake: waking hour(s)/moment(s)/life: Abigail spent every waking hour working on the report …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• subwaking — Denoting the mental state between sleeping and waking. * * * sub·wak·ing (səb wākґing) intermediate between waking and sleeping …   Medical dictionary

• Sleepwaking — Sleep wak ing, n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English