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
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
