Definitions for Stoke
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stokeverb

   stir up or tend; of a fire

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1. Stokenoun

   Stoke-on-Trent

2. Etymology: From stoken, from stoken or stoken, ultimately from stukōnan, from (s)teug-. Cognate with stoken, dialectal stauka. Alterantive etymology derives the Middle English word from estoquer, estochier, from the same source. More at stock.

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1. Stokeverb

   to stick; to thrust; to stab

2. Stokeverb

   to poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc

3. Stokeverb

   to poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc

4. Etymology: [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.]

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1. Stoke

   Stoke is a civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, to the south of Allhallows, on the north of the Medway Estuary. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,063. The two small villages of Lower Stoke and Stoke stand on low lying fertile farmland that is at most 17m above highwater. The farmland descends to the Stoke Saltings – a maze of intricate channels and small islands beloved by wading birds. The church of Saints Peter and Paul is in Stoke; it was an appendage to the Manor of Great Hoo. The building contains some Norman and Early English work dating from 1175. It has no spire. In Saxon Days the manor was called Andescohesham the Domesday Book called it Estoches and Soches. It was passed with other lands by Eadberht, son of King Wihtred of Kent to the See of Rochester for "the good of his soul and the remission of sins". Due to its low lying nature, Stoke has often suffered flooding, such as in 1158, 1235, 1309, 1682, and 1735 when ploughmen were swept from their fields as the sea broke through. Also, in 1791, 1854, 1874, and 1897, Stoke was cut off from the Isle of Grain for a week. In 1720 Manor Farm was leased to Jacob Sawbridge, one of the South Sea Bubble directors.

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1. Stoke

   stōk, v.i. to stir or tend a fire.—ns. Stoke′-hole, the space about the mouth of a furnace: the space allotted to the stokers: a hole in a reverberatory furnace for introducing a stirring-tool; Stōk′er, one who, or that which, feeds a furnace with fuel. [Dut.,—stoken, to light a fire, stok, a stick.]

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1. Stoke

   Stoke develops carrier-class mobile broadband gateways specifically engineered to enable mobile and converged network operators to maximize the economic returns of their 3G mobile networks.

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1. ketos

2. tokes

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stoke in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stoke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Stoke in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   But the solution isn't to call names. It isn't to stoke anger for political gain.

2. Luke Nelson:

   The simple truth, this is a political matter, and one that has the potential to stoke even more division than we already have in our public schools, where we represent families of vastly diverse political backgrounds, if individual families or communities want to take political stands for their personal beliefs, we believe that they should and we will support them all the way through it. But implementing a policy to support any political organization is reckless and not the purpose of our public schools.

3. Jorge Elorza:

   If it was about executing a public policy President Donald Trump wouldn't give the heads up to these folks that these round ups and raids are coming, the goal... is to stoke fear in the broader immigrant community and to do it in a way that feeds red meat to their political base.

4. Heather Nauert:

   The facts don’t back up the Washington Post’s reporting. This is an irresponsible attempt to create division and stoke fear among American citizens while attempting to inflame tensions over immigration, under the Trump Administration, domestic passport denials for so called ‘midwife cases’ are at a 6-year low. The reporting is a political cheap shot.

5. Adam Tooze:

   The last thing the Fed needs to do right now is stoke the flames of antagonism between Trump and the central bank, we are monitoring these issues and, as always, are in contact with our international counterparts to exchange views and better understand their thinking.

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