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stoke
(stōk)v. stoked, stok·ing, stokes
v.tr.
1. To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).
2. To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).
v.intr.
1. To feed or tend a furnace or fire.
2. Informal To eat steadily and in large quantities.
[Back-formation from stoker.]
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stoke
(stəʊk)vb
1. to feed, stir, and tend (a fire, furnace, etc)
2. (tr) to tend the furnace of; act as a stoker for
[C17: back formation from stoker]
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stoke
(stoʊk)v. stoked, stok•ing. v.t.
1. to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
2. to tend the fire of (a furnace); supply with fuel.
v.i. 3. to shake up the coals of a fire.
4. to tend a fire or furnace.
[1675–85; < Dutch stoken to feed or stock a fire; see stock]
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stoke
Past participle: stoked
Gerund: stoking
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Verb | 1. | stoke - stir up or tend; of a fire tend - manage or run; "tend a store" |
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stoke
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Translations
يُزَوِّد بالوَقود
přiložit
komme brændsel på
bæta á
kūrikaskurstyti ugnį
piepildīt ar kurināmo
ateşe kömür/yakıt atmak
stoke
[stəʊk] VT (also stoke up)1. [+ fire, furnace] → atizar
2. (fig) [+ fears, hopes] → cebar
stoke up
B. VT + ADV = stoke
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stoke
[ˈstəʊk] vt [+ fire, furnace] → alimenter
[+ fears, interest] → alimenter
stoke up
vt sep [+ fire, furnace] → alimenter
[+ fears, interest] → alimenter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stoke
vt furnace → (be)heizen, beschicken (spec); fire → schüren; (fig) inflation, fears, conflict, speculation → anheizen, schüren
stoke
:stokehold
n (Naut) → Heizraum m
stokehole
n
(Naut) → Heizraum m
(in furnace) → Schürloch nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stoke
(stəuk) verb to put coal or other fuel on (a fire) eg in the furnace of a boiler etc. The men stoked the furnaces.
ˈstoker nounstoke up
to stoke. Have they stoked up (the fires)?
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