English Explanatory Dictionary

wake the dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.

Word forms

wake the dead wakes the dead waking the dead woke the dead woken the dead

Synonyms

raise the dead raise hell
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