stoke
stoke¹
Definition
stoke (stōk)
transitive verb, intransitive verb stoked, stok′·ing
- to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
- to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
- 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.
Browse dictionary entries near stoke
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- stoical
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- Stoke Newington
- Stoke-on-Trent
- stokehold
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- stoker
- Stokes
- stokesia
- Stokowski
- STOL
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