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stoke
/stəʊk/
name 5verb 4noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
cold, nearest
VERB + STOKE
asked, don't, sign
STOKE + NOUN
ambition, bityng, fireplace, liverpool, motivation
PREP.
in, in, up, with
Definitions
verb
1
To poke, pierce, thrust.
Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bityng / No man ne drawe ne bere it by his syde / Ne no man shal un to his felawe ryde / But o cours with a sharp ygrounde spere
noun
1
An act of poking, piercing, thrusting
verb
1
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
2
To encourage a behavior or emotion.
Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song
To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead.
3
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
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Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bityng / No man ne drawe ne bere it by his syde / Ne no man shal un to his felawe ryde / But o cours with a sharp ygrounde spere
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Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song
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To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead.
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But, backed by a partying crowd in cowboy hats and fine voice, it was a display that only stoked belief that the Red Roses can make good on their status as tournament favourites after losing in five o
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The main line of the L.N.W.R. passed to the west of the Potteries, and it is recorded that in August, 1846, two trains were run from Whitmore (the nearest station to Stoke) to Liverpool for the benefi
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Don't stoke the fire of discord!
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