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stoke¹ Definition

stoke (stōk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb stoked, stok·ing

  1. to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
  2. to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
  3. to feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up)

Etymology: back-form. < stoker

stoke² Definition

stoke (stōk)

noun

a basic unit in the CGS system, equal to the viscosity of a fluid, measured in poises, divided by the density of the fluid, measured in grams per cubic centimeter (0.0001 square meter per second): abbrev. St

Etymology: after Sir George Stokes (1819-1903), Irish-born physicist & mathematician

stoke Usage Examples

Object

  • furnace: Female worker stoking a furnace in a gas works.
  • boiler: Bob stokes the boiler, providing steam for Fred to work the Beam Engine.
  • controversy: Tabloid press reports stoked the controversy, saying that the program contained 8,000 swear words.
  • fear: It allowed the press to stoke unwarranted public fears by reacting slowly to the scare stories.
  • flame: For its inevitable effect was precisely to stoke the self-righteous flames of imperial power, and fuel their spread.
  • fire: A small hole for stoking the fire was noted at the northern end of the kiln.

Preposition: on

  • trent: Rachelle, girl, age 10, from stoke on trent, United Kingdom, on 5th April 2006.

Modifies a noun

  • hole: Charcoal is fed through a stoke hole into a constantly burning furnace at the side of the building to provide heat.

Modifying Another Word

  • in: The last meeting of the North Staffordshire HIV Forum took place at The Herbert Minton Building in stoke on Thursday 9th December.
  • really: Those two TV sets being turned on in the Executive Boxes really stoke up the caldron of, erm, silence.
  • so: And with Sal on board now, I have never been so stoked to record an album.
  • only: These methods will only stoke the fire of resentment among the oppressed.
  • just: The mobs of police sent into the estates in the following days just stoked up further riots.
  • also: I was also stoked to get to surf with my brother out there in the final.

Noun used with modifier

  • gabriel: Nowhere to take the college game uranium metal posed gabriel stokes.
  • berlin: A life extravagantly in the morning of an evening in berlin stokes g. A discreet little spend time with.

Particle object:

  • fire: He would stoke up the boiler fire down a number of steps at the rear of the church.
  • fear: His campaign in Village ward used leaflets full of lies in a bid to stoke up fear and resentment in the community.

Preposition: of

  • luck: But they have a stoke of luck when Pip goes to visit his cousin in a nearby Monastery.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: I thought I'd best stoke up my courage a little by getting tight at a cocktail party, earlier on in the evening.

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