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
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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These artificial features have stoked tensions with the Philippines and partially fueled the U.S. defense treaty ally's plan to modernize its military over the next decade.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The blistering reports on television news has stoked fears on both sides of the North American continent.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
From its inception, artificial intelligence has stoked fear among the creative community.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Just the same, Minshew is stoked about the prospect of joining an organization that has played in five of the past six Super Bowls.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The blistering reports on television news has stoked fears on both sides of the North American continent.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
From its inception, artificial intelligence has stoked fear among the creative community.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Just the same, Minshew is stoked about the prospect of joining an organization that has played in five of the past six Super Bowls.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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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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