Wake

Wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body.

Wake may also refer to:

Culture

• Wakes week, an English holiday tradition
• Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh gŵyl mabsant, the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast
• Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies

Entertainment

Film and television

• The Wake (film), a 2005 Greek film
• Wake (film), a 2009 independent film
• "Wake" (The Secret Circle), an episode of the television series The Secret Circle

Literature

• The Wake (novel), a 2014 novel by Paul Kingsnorth
• Wake (McMann novel), a novel by Lisa McMann
• Wake (Sawyer novel), a 2009 novel by Robert J. Sawyer
• Wake (comics), a French comic in book collection format created by Morvan and Buchet
• The Sandman: The Wake, a graphic novel in the Sandman series
• Finnegans Wake, a 1939 novel by James Joyce
• The Wake, a 10-issue comic book series by Scott Snyder

Games

• Alan Wake, a 2010 video game
• Crasher Wake, a Gym Leader in the Pokémon video games

Music

• The Wake (UK band), a British post-punk band
• The Wake (US band), an American goth rock band from Columbus, Ohio
• Wake (Dead Can Dance album), 2003
• Wake (Floater album), 2010
• Wake (Mortal album), 1994
• Wake (Tara MacLean album), 2008
• Wake (Trio Töykeät album), 2005
• Wake (Lycia album), 1989
• The Wake (IQ album), 1985
• The Wake (Scott Kelly album), 2008
• The Wake (Bernice Summerfield), a Big Finish Productions audio drama
• "The Wake", a song from August Burns Red 2015 album Found in Far Away Places
• "Wake", a song from The Antlers' 2009 album Hospice
• "Wake", a song from Linkin Park's from Minutes to Midnight
• "Wake", the video release of one of The Sisters of Mercy's 1985 concerts at The Royal Albert Hall
• "The Wake", a song by Abney Park

Places and schools

• Wake, Okayama, Japan
• Wake, Virginia
• Wake County, North Carolina, county in North Carolina, in which the state capital of Raleigh is located
• Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
• Wake Forest University
• Wake Forest Demon Deacons, this school's athletic program
• Wake Island, a U.S. possession in the Pacific Ocean

Science and nature

• Wake, a group of vultures
• Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds

Technology and engineering

• WAKE (cipher), a stream cipher designed by David Wheeler in 1993
• Wake, to awaken computer and electronic devices, is to return from sleep mode
• Wake turbulence, the air turbulence that forms around and behind an aircraft

Other uses

• Wake (surname)
• WAKE (AM), radio station in Indiana, United States