Topic: WATER
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Sense: 1-2,4
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from Dutch wak or Middle Low German wake, from Old Norse vok 'hole in the ice, especially as made by a boat' |
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | WAKE1 |
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wake2 [countable]
1 if something, especially something bad, happens in the wake of an event, it happens afterwards and usually as a result of it : 
Famine followed in the wake of the drought.
in the wake of something
Famine followed in the wake of the drought.2 behind or after someone or something : The car left clouds of dust in its wake.
in somebody's/something's wake
The car left clouds of dust in its wake.3MX the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person
4TTW [usually singular] the track made behind a boat as it moves through the water
