spoke

CEFRA1

/spəʊk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past form of speak; used words to communicate.

  2. 02

    noun

    One of the rods connecting a wheel’s center to its edge.

Examples

  • Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

  • To my surprise, she spoke English very well.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /spoʊk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

  2. A rung of a ladder.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.

More examples

In context

  • She spoke critically of her father.

  • Cleo. Hye thee againe, / I haue ſpoke already, and it is provided.

  • The wheels were at first copies of a light hand-cart wheel, the wood spokes were brought together by tapering the spoke ends and wedging them together at the nave or hub and inserting the other ends in slots in the felloe or wood rim.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.