waking up

A form of wake up — To stop sleeping; to awake.

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wake up

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of waking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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