stoke

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US /stoʊk/ UK /stəʊk/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like stock /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Freq #23498

Meanings

1

verb
to make a strong feeling or situation grow stronger

The leader's speech only stoked public anger.
2

verb
to add fuel to a fire to keep it burning

He stoked the fire with another log before bed.

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Word family

Forms stokedstokesstoking

Derived forms overstokerestokestoke-by-clarestoke-by-naylandstoke-on-trentstokeholdstokeholestokieunstoked

Related forms stoker

Etymology

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.

stoken Middle Dutch *stokon odt *stokōn Proto-West Germanic *stukōną Proto-Germanic *(s)tewg- Proto-Indo-European estoquer Old French

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# stoke

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /stoʊk/
**IPA (UK):** /stəʊk/
**Frequency rank:** 23498

## Meanings
1. to make a strong feeling or situation grow stronger
2. to add fuel to a fire to keep it burning

## Examples
- The leader's speech only stoked public anger.
- He stoked the fire with another log before bed.

## Derived Forms
- overstoke
- restoke
- stoke-by-clare
- stoke-by-nayland
- stoke-on-trent
- stokehold
- stokehole
- stokie
- unstoked

## Related Forms
- stoker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stoken
- Root: *stokon
- Root: *stokōn
- Root: *stukōną
- Root: *(s)tewg-
- Root: estoquer

## Etymology
From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.

## AI Etymology
Stoke is from Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock. In present-day use, it can mean to make a strong feeling or situation grow stronger, or to add fuel to a fire to keep it burning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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