All 7 Uses of
stoke
in
Touching Spirit Bear
- Edwin had stoked the flames into a bright blaze.
Chpt 18stoked = added fuel or stirred a fire to make it burn hotter; or made feelings stronger
- Carefully he stoked the fire once more and sat down to wait for both the flames and his feelings to come alive.
Chpt 23 *stoked = added fuel or stirred
- Every two hours he got up during the night to stoke the fire.†
Chpt 24
- Long after Cole returned to the cabin and stoked the barrel stove, he kept thinking about Peter.
Chpt 24stoked = added fuel or stirred a fire to make it burn hotter; or made feelings stronger
- After returning inside, he stoked the fire, then pulled on his rubber boots and his rain slicker.
Chpt 24
- "Whoever stokes the fire during the night gets an extra pancake in the morning," he said.
Chpt 27stokes = adds fuel or stirs a fire to make it burn hotter; or makes feelings stronger
- He didn't mind if he had to stoke the fire for the next month.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(stoke) to add fuel or stir a fire to make it burn hotter; or to make feelings stronger