wakeful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wakeful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wakeful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wakeful adj carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" Synonym(s): argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" Synonym(s): light, wakeful marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" Synonym(s): waking, wakeful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. --Dryden. -- {Wake"fully}, adv. -- {Wake"fulness}, n.