rouse from sleep
101Southwestern pygmy possum — Southwestern Pygmy Possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …
102wake — I. verb (woke; also waked; woken or waked; also woke; waking) Etymology: partly from Middle English waken (past wook, past participle waken), from Old English wacan to awake (past wōc, past participle wacen); partly from Middle English wakien,… …
103stir — 1. v. & n. v. (stirred, stirring) 1 tr. move a spoon or other implement round and round in (a liquid etc.) to mix the ingredients or constituents. 2 a tr. cause to move or be disturbed, esp. slightly (a breeze stirred the lake). b intr. be or… …
104arouse — verb 1》 evoke (a feeling or response). ↘provoke to anger or other strong emotion. ↘excite sexually. 2》 awaken from sleep. Derivatives arousable adjective arousal noun Origin C16: from rouse, on the pattern of the pair of rise, arise …
105alarm — a•larm [[t]əˈlɑrm[/t]] n. 1) a sudden fear or distressing suspense due to awareness of danger; apprehension; fright 2) any sound, outcry, or information intended to warn of approaching danger 3) an automatic device that serves to warn of danger,… …
106stir — I. /stɜ / (say ster) verb (stirred, stirring) –verb (t) 1. to move or agitate (a liquid, or any matter in separate particles or pieces) so as to change the relative position of component parts, as by passing an implement continuously or… …
107renew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. revive, restore; resume, continue; replace, renovate, replenish. See restoration, newness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make New or as if new] Syn. restore, refresh, revive, rejuvenate, renovate,… …
108shake a leg — Meaning Rouse yourself and get out of bed. Origin Naval origin. An alternative to show a leg . This was the injunction given by naval officers to ratings who they were rousing from sleep. Showing a leg out of the sailor s hammock was required to… …
109aroused — adj. excited, stirred into action; sexually stimulated; awakened, roused from sleep a·rouse || É™ raÊŠz v. excite, stimulate; prod, urge …
110alarm clock — /əˈlam klɒk/ (say uh lahm klok) noun a clock which can be set to sound a bell or the like at a particular time, used to rouse people from sleep …