waking

1. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

   I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

2. (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

   The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.

3. To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
4. To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
5. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
6. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
7. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
8. To be alert; to keep watch

   Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.

9. To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

noun

The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.

adjective

Occurring during wakefulness.