stoke

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /stəʊk/

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• (US) IPA ^(key): /stoʊk/

Verb

Plain form stoke

Third-person singular stokes

Past tense stoked

Past participle stoked

Present participle stoking

1. (transitive) If you stoke a fire, an argument, somebody's anger, etc. you increase it by adding fuel.

   The cabin was getting cold, so she got up to stoke the fire.

   The news about her brother only stoked her anger.