"waking" meaning in English

See waking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-waking.wav Forms: more waking [comparative], most waking [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} waking (comparative more waking, superlative most waking)
  1. Occurring during wakefulness. Derived forms: half-waking, waking dream, waking life, wakingly
    Sense id: en-waking-en-adj-jmFCWSOE

Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-waking.wav Forms: wakings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} waking (plural wakings)
  1. The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.
    Sense id: en-waking-en-noun-MfleGF1p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 75 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 75 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 75 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈweɪkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-waking.wav
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} waking
  1. present participle and gerund of wake Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wake
    Sense id: en-waking-en-verb-HzRXoz5S

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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