Main entry: come alive, wake, wake up, waken, arouse, awake, awaken
Definition: stop sleeping
Usage: She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Main entry: awaken, arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken
Definition: cause to become awake or conscious
Usage: He was roused by the drunken men in the street; Please wake me at 6 AM.
Main entry: stimulate, brace, arouse, energise, energize, perk up
Definition: cause to be alert and energetic
Usage: Coffee and tea stimulate me; This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
Main entry: bring up, call down, call forth, invoke, conjure, conjure up, arouse, put forward, raise, evoke, stir
Definition: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Usage: raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; call down the spirits from the mountain
Main entry: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Main entry: excite, sex, wind up, arouse, turn on
Definition: stimulate sexually
Usage: This movie usually arouses the male audience
Definition: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"