'Stoke' definitions:
Definition of 'stoke'
From: WordNet
verb
Stir up or tend; of a fire
Definition of 'Stoke'
From: GCIDE
- Stoke \Stoke\, v. t. [OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.]
- 1. To stick; to thrust; to stab. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stoke'
From: GCIDE
- Stoke \Stoke\, v. i. To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stoke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bank,
- burn,
- chafe,
- coal,
- conflagrate,
- cook,
- detonate,
- electric-heat,
- enkindle,
- explode,
- fan the flame,
- feed,
- feed the fire,
- fill up,
- fire,
- fire up,
- foment,
- fuel,
- fuel up,
- fulminate,
- gas-heat,
- heat,
- hot,
- hot up,
- hot-air-heat,
- hot-water-heat,
- ignite,
- inflame,
- kindle,
- light,
- light up,
- mull,
- oil,
- overheat,
- preheat,
- recook,
- refuel,
- reheat,
- rekindle,
- relight,
- relume,
- set fire to,
- set on fire,
- steam,
- stir the fire,
- stoke the fire,
- stoke up,
- strike a light,
- superheat,
- tepefy,
- top off,
- torch,
- touch off,
- warm,
- warm over,
- warm up