to stoke
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5.6
- verb
- /stoʊk/
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- During the storm, he stoked the fire to ensure they stayed warm throughout the night.
Examples
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"Yes," she said, stoking a fire in the strange metallic barrel.
Fiction book (1992) -
While the media sits there and stokes the fire, waiting for the house to burn.
Blog text (19) -
Nothing like stoking a fire on a cold New England night.
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It's this kind of us against them mentality that stokes the fire of racism.
Blog text (19) -
There was a little stone fireplace, and Donner stoked the struggling fire with two fresh sections of split log.
Fiction book (2000) -
Knowing what would be needed, Horsetamer had stoked the fire, rolling rocks onto the coals.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Roll a coal away from the fire," she said, stoking the woodstove, "and soon enough it'll turn cold."
Fiction book (2002) -
The watchman, bless his heart, had anticipated her coming, stoking the stove as she'd entered the little room.
Fiction book (1998) -
Julianna bustled around the room, trimming lamps and stoking a fire in the odd metal barrel.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the chilly evening, they stoked the campfire to keep it burning bright.
Synonyms
2
4.8
To put extra fuel on a fire or make a disagreement worse
1
5.4
To add fuel to a fire or make energy and excitement stronger
Make a fire burn hotter by blowing air on hot coals
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Etymology
Stoke comes from an old word for tending a fire and you can see the link in stoker, a person who feeds a furnace; to stoke is to 'add fuel' or poke the embers so the fire burns stronger.