stoke

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: stōk, IPA(key): /stəʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk (US) enPR: stōk, IPA(key): /stoʊk/ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Verb ==== stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked) (transitive, obsolete) To poke, pierce, thrust. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== stoke (plural stokes) An act of poking, piercing, thrusting === Etymology 2 === From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above. ==== Verb ==== stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked) (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. (transitive, by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion. (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== stoker ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== stoke (plural stokes) (physics) Misconstruction of stokes, a unit of kinematic viscosity. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === ketos, tokes == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === stoke (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stoken == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === stoke (Cyrillic spelling стоке) inflection of stoka: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɔke/, [ˈstɔke] Rhymes: -ɔke Hyphenation: sto‧ke === Noun === stoke dative/locative singular of stoka