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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Still, confusion about how permanent or temporary some tariff moves could be has stoked uncertainty among investors and kept stocks, the dollar and even US Treasuries under pressure.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Eugenio will be stoked to hear that Aaron finished that season with 65 singles — and 40 homers (at age 39)!
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
But critics regard him as a demagogue who relies on stoking divisions and demonizing his rivals.
—Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
Eugenio will be stoked to hear that Aaron finished that season with 65 singles — and 40 homers (at age 39)!
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
But critics regard him as a demagogue who relies on stoking divisions and demonizing his rivals.
—Time, 8 Apr. 2025
Voters overwhelmingly support expanding access to housing, mental health care, jobs, and education—not rounding up immigrants, slashing Medicaid, and stoking division.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stoke
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke. Accessed 19 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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