Wide Awake

a. (wīd`ȧ*wāk")

Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert. Dickens.

Wide·-a·wake
n.

A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.

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adjective

1. Not in a state of sleep: awake, unsleeping, wakeful. See awareness/unawareness.
2. Vigilantly attentive: alert, observant, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful. Idioms: on the ball. See awareness/unawareness.

Fully awake; also, very alert. For example, He lay there, wide awake, unable to sleep, or She was wide awake to all the possibilities. The wide in this idiom alludes to the eyes being wide open. [Early 1800s]

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adj

Definition: fully awake
Antonyms: asleep, tired

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lysvågen

Français (French)
n. - personne complètement éveillé, personne alerte
adj. - complètement éveillé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hellwach, (ugs.) gewitzt
n. - Schlapphut

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εντελώς ξύπνιος, τετραπέρατος, ανοιχτομάτης
n. - πλατύγυρο καπέλο

Italiano (Italian)
completamente sveglio, cappello ad ala

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bem acordado
n. - espécie de andorinha do mar (f) (Ornit.)

Русский (Russian)
бодрствующий, "сна ни в одном глазу", бдительный, пронырливый, своего не упустит

Español (Spanish)
n. - persona despabilada
adj. - espabilado, completamente despierto, despabilado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klarvaken
n. - mjuk filthatt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
低顶宽边软毡帽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 低頂寬邊軟氈帽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 챙 넓은 중절모

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フェルト帽, セグロアジサシ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ער לגמרי, חריף, כובע לבד, סנונית מים‬

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