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
Keith Naughton
: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Those fears were further stoked Tuesday by fresh Israeli evacuation orders for the entirety of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon’s second-largest city.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The pic was sold on its family element and even tried to stoke fans with images in trailers of Jabba the Hutt’s family, AT-ATs and snowtroopers.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 May 2026
Shack’s efforts were later overturned when singer and Florida citrus spokeswoman Anita Bryant petitioned to put the ordinance on the ballot, stoking anti-gay sentiment that led it to be repealed in June of 1977.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026
The decline stoked concerns that the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, built to carry the state’s oil bounty to the continental US, might stop operating.
—Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for stoke
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The pic was sold on its family element and even tried to stoke fans with images in trailers of Jabba the Hutt’s family, AT-ATs and snowtroopers.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 May 2026
Shack’s efforts were later overturned when singer and Florida citrus spokeswoman Anita Bryant petitioned to put the ordinance on the ballot, stoking anti-gay sentiment that led it to be repealed in June of 1977.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026
The decline stoked concerns that the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, built to carry the state’s oil bounty to the continental US, might stop operating.
—Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for stoke
Cite this Entry
“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
