Australian English Meaning of rouse

wake

Other Australian English words related to wake

Definitions and Meaning of rouse in English

Wordnet

rouse (v)

become active

force or drive out

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

cause to become awake or conscious

Webster

rouse (v. i. & t.)

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

Webster

rouse (n.)

A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

Webster

rouse (v.)

To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.

To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.

To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

To raise; to make erect.

Webster

rouse (v. i.)

To get or start up; to rise.

To awake from sleep or repose.

To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

FAQs About the word rouse

wake

become active, force or drive out, cause to be agitated, excited, or roused, cause to become awake or consciousTo pull or haul strongly and all together, as upo

arouse,awake,awaken,wake,wake,agitate,shake up,disturb,Excited,pregnant

lull,hypnotise,mesmerize

rousant => noisy, rous => roo, roup => Robe, roundy => round, roundworm => Roundworm,