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.
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—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
This is the first time I’m really stoked at the end of the process.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 24 June 2024
Benjamin Oreskes and Faith E. Pinho | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
For those with questions about the leading 2024 presidential candidates’ mental acuity, or those involved in stoking the increasingly heated spin online around such questions, Saturday night was a bonanza.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Ryan's arrival in Jonestown stoked Jones' paranoia that the government was trying to take him down.
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
This is the first time I’m really stoked at the end of the process.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 24 June 2024
Benjamin Oreskes and Faith E. Pinho | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
For those with questions about the leading 2024 presidential candidates’ mental acuity, or those involved in stoking the increasingly heated spin online around such questions, Saturday night was a bonanza.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
Ryan's arrival in Jonestown stoked Jones' paranoia that the government was trying to take him down.
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 2 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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