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Definition stoke

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stuk?n? (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“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)

1. (transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.

Etymology 2

From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from Dutch 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)

1. (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
2. (transitive, by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion.
3. (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.

Etymology 3

Misconstruction of stokes.

Noun

stoke (plural stokes)

1. (physics) Misspelling of stokes. (unit of kinematic viscosity)

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