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
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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Trevino still remembers the young man who’d leave wrestling practice to make sure his sisters got home safely, then return with his competitive fire stoked.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The flames were so stoked that Murphy addressed the criticism publicly.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped MAGA influencers from using his booking to stoke anti-immigrant outrage.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Writing in conjunction with Anil Kashyap, a University of Chicago professor and adviser to the Chicago Fed, Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said undermining the independence of the central bank could eventually stoke higher inflation and much higher long-term rates.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The flames were so stoked that Murphy addressed the criticism publicly.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
But that hasn’t stopped MAGA influencers from using his booking to stoke anti-immigrant outrage.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Writing in conjunction with Anil Kashyap, a University of Chicago professor and adviser to the Chicago Fed, Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said undermining the independence of the central bank could eventually stoke higher inflation and much higher long-term rates.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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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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