1. wakes - Noun
2. wakes - Verb
wakes
plural of wake
wakes pl (plural only)
A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
wakes
third-person singular simple present indicative of wake
In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world. Emil Cioran
What does your sorrow do while you sleep? -It's awake and waiting. And when it loses patience, it wakes me up. Ivo Andrić
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. Dr. Seuss
When a man sleeps, it is the same person when he wakes up. Somali Proverb
The hungry fowl wakes early. Jamaican Proverb
God helps him who wakes up early at dawn. Portuguese Proverb