-n. 3. watch, vigil, deathwatch, Obs. pervigila-tion, Eccles. pernoctation.
wake2, n. 1. track, path, train, trail; wash, backwash, course, line; spoor, scent, trace.
2. in the wake of a. as a result of, because of, due to, owing to; by virtue of, in view of, on account of.
b. succeeding, following, after, ensuing, subsequent, consequent.
wakeful, adj. 1. sleepless, awake, insomnious, restless; slumberless, wide-awake, unsleeping, insomno-lent, insomniac; waking, astir, up and about, conscious.
2. watchful, vigilant, on the qui vive, on the alert, alert, on the lookout; open-eyed, wide-eyed, alive to, aware, sharp; wary, cautious, attentive, unblinking, unwinking, unnodding; observant, on guard, all eyes and ears, Inf with one's eyes peeled; mindful, heedful, regardful, prudent, discreet, precautious, circumspect, chary.
wakefulness, n. 1. sleeplessness, slumberlessness, insomnia, insomnolence; restlessness, want of sleep, tossing and turning; consciousness, awareness, awakening, wake, sentience.
2. watchfulness, vigilance, alertness, attentiveness, wariness; readiness, promptness, keenness, sharpness, acuity; circumspection, precaution, caution, prudence, chariness, carefulness, cautiousness; regardfulness, mindfulness; surveillance, observance, watch, vigil, lookout, guard.
walk, v. 1. step, ambulate, perambulate, stride, pace, tread; foot it, SI. hoof it, pad, ride shanks' mare, go by shanks' mare, Chiefly Scot. shank; stroll, saunter, amble; slog, trudge, plod; shamble, shuffle, Inf. galumph; lurch, stagger, wobble, waddle; sidle, slink, mince, tiptoe; move, go, advance, proceed, wend.
2. stretch one's legs, take a walk, take a turn, take one's constitutional, promenade, traipse; peregrinate, hike, tramp; march, troop, parade; wander, roam, rove, gad, meander, ramble.
-n. 3. stroll, ramble, amble, saunter, promenade; constitutional, airing; hike, tramp, march.
4. gait, pace, step, bearing, carriage; comportment, deportment.
5. line of work, trade, metier, profession, vocation, occupation, career, calling; activity, pursuit; field, arena, area, sphere; department, province, position, place, course.
6. path, pathway, footpath, trail; promenade, esplanade; sidewalk, Chiefly Brit, pavement, Fr. trottoir.
walker, n. hiker, tramper, backpacker, peregrinator, wayfarer, peripatetic; perambulator, ambulator, pedestrian; tramp, hobo, vagabond, knight of the road, itinerant, tinker, nomad.
walking stick, n. cane, Malacca cane, alpenstock, stick, crutch; staff, rod, crosier, crook, shepherd's crook.
walkout, n. strike, sit-down, work stoppage, job action, wildcat or outlaw strike, slowdown, Inf. go-slow, sick-out; protest, dissent; uprising, revolt, rebellion, riot.
walkover, n. easy victory, walkaway, a sure thing, Inf. shoo-in, pushover; something easy, SI. cinch, Inf. snap, SI. child's play, SI. a breeze, duck soup, piece of cake, SI. a picnic.
wall, n. 1. partition, separator, divider, room divider, screen, division; brattice, Civil Eng. bulkhead; fence, paling, stone wall; embankment, dike, levee, sea wall; dividing wall, Biol, septum, membrane.
2. Usu.
walls fortification, protection, enclosure, enceinte; Fort, rampart, Fort, bulwark, barricade, Fort, stockade; Fort, breastwork, Fort, fieldwork, bunker.
3. obstruction, barrier, block, impediment, obstacle,