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—
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: to stir up or tend a fire (as in a furnace) : supply a furnace with fuel
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Trump’s allies stoked claims that the Democratic Party had staged a coup and questioned whether Biden authorized the post from his X account.
—Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Those fears were stoked Tuesday when Schwab reported earnings, which showed that bank deposits had fallen and supplemental borrowing increased, Barron’s reported.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 18 July 2024
The intrigue: He's stoked about the sea otters recently seen near Cannon Beach for the first time in a century, and wants to start a sea star lab to breed and replenish Oregon's decimated population.
—Joseph Gallivan, Axios, 17 July 2024
But longtime residents are quick to hold up decades of grassroots work that led to this moment, a period that may also offer lessons on how to avoid the displacement economic development can often stoke.
—Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
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Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Those fears were stoked Tuesday when Schwab reported earnings, which showed that bank deposits had fallen and supplemental borrowing increased, Barron’s reported.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 18 July 2024
The intrigue: He's stoked about the sea otters recently seen near Cannon Beach for the first time in a century, and wants to start a sea star lab to breed and replenish Oregon's decimated population.
—Joseph Gallivan, Axios, 17 July 2024
But longtime residents are quick to hold up decades of grassroots work that led to this moment, a period that may also offer lessons on how to avoid the displacement economic development can often stoke.
—Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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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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