Wake
A wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary solid body, caused by the flow of surrounding fluid around the body.
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Famous quotes containing the word wake:
“An hour of winter day might seem too short
To make it worth lifes while to wake and sport.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“For a novel addressed by a man to men and women of full age; which attempts to deal unaffectedly with the fret and fever, derision and disaster, that may press in the wake of the strongest passion known to humanity; to tell, without a mincing of words, of a deadly war waged between flesh and spirit; and to point the tragedy of unfulfilled aims, I am not aware that there is anything in the handling to which exception can be taken.”
—Thomas Hardy (18401928)
“You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.”
—Quentin Tarantino, U.S. screenwriter and director. Mr. White (Harvey Keitel)