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wake
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(w
k)
KEY
NOUN:
The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water:
the wake of a ship.
A track, course, or condition left behind something that has passed:
The war left destruction and famine in its wake.
IDIOM:
in the wake of
Following directly on.
In the aftermath of; as a consequence of.
ETYMOLOGY:
Possibly from Middle Low German,
hole in the ice
,
of Scandinavian origin
; akin to Old Norse
vök
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