stoke
(verb) stir up or tend; of a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)
(transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.
stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)
(transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
(transitive, by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion.
(intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
stoke (plural stokes)
(physics) Misconstruction of stokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)
• ketos, tokes
Stoke
Short for Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.
A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).
Stoke is also incorporated into many other English place names, which will be listed below.
• ketos, tokes
Source: Wiktionary
Stoke, v. t. Etym: [OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.]
1. To stick; to thrust; to stab. [Obs.] Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting. Chaucer.
2. To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
Stoke, v. i.
Definition: To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.