Question 1 · Quick check
stoke
CEFRB2
/stəʊk/
verb
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To add fuel to a fire or increase a feeling.
- 02
verb
Extra detailAn act of poking, piercing, thrusting
Examples
Suddenly smelling smoke could be a sign of stoke.
Don't stoke the fire of discord!
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
Also pronounced
- /stoʊk/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
More examples
In contextStoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song
Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bityng / No man ne drawe ne bere it by his syde / Ne no man shal un to his felawe ryde / But o cours with a sharp ygrounde spere
To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead.
Quick test
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Origin
verb
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.