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stoke

Pronunciation: /stəʊk/

The English word “stoke” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To poke, pierce, thrust.
  2. To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
  3. To encourage a behavior or emotion.
  4. To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.

noun

  1. An act of poking, piercing, thrusting

Etymology

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka…

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