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Definition
to add fuel or stir a fire to make it burn hotter; or to make feelings stronger- She took it upon herself to stoke the campfire whenever it began to dim.
stoke = add fuel or stir a fire to make it burn hotter
- By refusing to listen, she stoked their frustration and anger.
- Will she stoke or douse the flames of anger?
- Carefully he stoked the fire once more and sat down to wait for both the flames and his feelings to come alive.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- He was humming merrily as he stoked the fire.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Stoke the fire and set a pot of water to boil.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Fever, 1793
- Stoking it, adding a log, he pretended not to watch the girl.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- He didn't mind if he had to stoke the fire for the next month.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- "Whoever stokes the fire during the night gets an extra pancake in the morning," he said.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Stoked: More than excitedBethany Hamilton -- Soul Surfer
- After returning inside, he stoked the fire, then pulled on his rubber boots and his rain slicker.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Long after Cole returned to the cabin and stoked the barrel stove, he kept thinking about Peter.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Every two hours he got up during the night to stoke the fire.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Stoke the fire and prepare to wash more dirty sheets.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Fever, 1793
- Edwin had stoked the flames into a bright blaze.Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear
- Stoked by the monster, it took him a long time to finish.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- Brendan Stoked the Fire.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- Stoke that fire, heat that pot.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Stoke up more steam, sir, if you can.Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Stoke your furnaces and clap on full steam!Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
stoked = made stronger
stoke = make stronger
stoked = added fuel or stirred
stoked = added fuel or stirred a fire to make it burn hotter