stoke

Meaning

Noun

An act of poking, piercing, thrusting

Verb

To poke, pierce, thrust.

Verb

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

Synonyms

poke

add fuel

heat

pat

grope

kindle

incite

make up

better

refine

stir up

tend

tickle

touch

turn around

victual

warm up

cater for

light a fire

make a fire

put on

cook

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feed

firing

freshen up

fuel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stəʊk/

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 (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.