Definitions for stoke

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stoke stoke

Spelling: [stohk]

IPA: /stoʊk/

Stoke is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in stoke (ekost).

Definitions for stoke

noun

1. a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.

verb (used with object)

1. to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
2. to tend the fire of (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel.

verb (used without object)

1. to shake up the coals of a fire.
2. to tend a fire or furnace.

Origin of stoke

1675-85; Dutch stoken to feed or stock a fire; see stock

Examples for stoke

So much of the fear the media tries to stoke in me is fear of the oppressed underdog lashing out.

They are also likely to stoke the kind of sectarian mistrust from which ISIS draws its strength.

For Live Another Day, did you make a concerted effort to not stoke those fires?

Comments like that are designed to stoke the fires of fan-passion—and it works beautifully.

Crashaw was one of the influences that hastened the Stotts' departure from stoke.

But also just as the news media plays to or even inflames such fears to drive ratings, Republicans stoke fear to drive votes.

There was but one item of news from stoke, and it soon came to the surface.

We were living at stoke Newington when the children were born.

This house goes by machinery, with Elspeth to stoke up the motive power.

Tree is less vigorous than stoke and more subject to blight.