STOKE

stoke

(verb) stir up or tend; of a fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)

(transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Etymology 3

Noun

stoke (plural stokes)

(physics) Misconstruction of stokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)

Anagrams

• ketos, tokes

Etymology

Proper noun

Stoke

Short for Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.

A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).

Usage notes

Stoke is also incorporated into many other English place names, which will be listed below.

Anagrams

• ketos, tokes

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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