stoked; stoking
1
: to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel
2
: to feed abundantly
3
: to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of
… limiting the number of cars available … will help stoke demand for the car.—
Keith Naughton
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: to stir up or tend a fire (as in a furnace) : supply a furnace with fuel
Examples of stoke in a Sentence
The engineer stoked the coals.
The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.
Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.
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The furor toward the prime minister was stoked by a Guardian report last week that Mandelson failed a confidential security vetting process but was hired anyway.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
The Preakness’ broadcast deal with NBC is set to expire after this year, and the race’s move one week back on the calendar has stoked increasing interest in its television rights, according to Sports Business Journal.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Alpenblow also says its inflator is ineffective for stoking a fire due to the non-laminar airflow, whereas Nitecore advertises fire stoking as another use for the AP01.
—New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026
Gasoline’s premium to crude posted its biggest weekly gain on record, a boost for refiners that have been under pressure from high oil prices stoked by the Iran war.
—Jack Wittels, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
The Preakness’ broadcast deal with NBC is set to expire after this year, and the race’s move one week back on the calendar has stoked increasing interest in its television rights, according to Sports Business Journal.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Alpenblow also says its inflator is ineffective for stoking a fire due to the non-laminar airflow, whereas Nitecore advertises fire stoking as another use for the AP01.
—New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026
Gasoline’s premium to crude posted its biggest weekly gain on record, a boost for refiners that have been under pressure from high oil prices stoked by the Iran war.
—Jack Wittels, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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stoke
verb
stoked; stoking
1
: to stir up or tend (as a fire)
2
: to supply (as a furnace) with fuel
3
: to feed plentifully
stoker
noun
Medical Definition
stoke
noun
: the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity being that of a fluid which has a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per cubic centimeter
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