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stoke

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stoke  (stk)
v. stoked, stok·ing, stokes
v.tr.
1. To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).
2. To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).
v.intr.
1. To feed or tend a furnace or fire.
2. Informal To eat steadily and in large quantities.

[Back-formation from stoker.]

stoke [stəʊk]
vb
1. to feed, stir, and tend (a fire, furnace, etc.)
2. (tr) to tend the furnace of; act as a stoker for See also stoke up
[back formation from stoker]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.stoke - stir up or tend; of a fire
tend - manage or run; "tend a store"

stoke
verb fuel, rekindle, add fuel to, tend, keep burning She was stoking the fire with sticks of maple.
Translations
stoke [stəʊk] VT (also stoke up)
1. [+ fire, furnace] → atizar
2. (fig) [+ fears, hopes] → cebar
stoke up
A. VI + ADV (lit) → cebar el hogar, echar carbón a la lumbre (= eat) → atiborrarse
B. VT + ADV = stoke

stoke [ˈstəʊk] vt
[+ fire, furnace] → alimenter
[+ fears, interest] → alimenter
stoke up
vt sep
[+ fire, furnace] → alimenter
[+ fears, interest] → alimenter

stoke
vt furnace(be)heizen, beschicken (spec); fireschüren; (fig) inflation, fears, conflict, speculationanheizen, schüren

stoke:
stokehold
n (Naut) → Heizraum m
stokehole
n
(Naut) → Heizraum m
(in furnace) → Schürloch nt

stoke [stəʊk] vt (also stoke up) (fire) → attizzare; (furnace) → alimentare

stoke
v stoke [stəuk]
to put coal or other fuel on (a fire) eg in the furnace of a boiler etc The men stoked the furnaces. stook يُزَوِّد بالوَقود пълня (пещ) přiložit (do ohně) komme brændsel på schüren τροφοδοτώ με καύσιμα atizar kütet lisama سوخت رساندن به lisätä polttoainetta alimenter לְהוֹסִיף פֶּחָם कोयला भरना, कोयला झोंकना, भड़काना ložiti, čačkati fűt memasukkan bahan bakar bæta á alimentare, attizzare 火をたく 불을 때다 kurstyti ugnį (kur), kūrenti piepildīt (krāsni) ar kurināmo memasukkan bahan bakar opstoken fyre, legge i ovnen, passe fyren dosypywać (do ognia) alimentar a alimenta топить priložiť (do ohňa) kuriti ložiti elda i เติมเชื้อเพลิง ateşe kömür/yakıt atmak 往火爐中添燃料 підтримувати вогонь; підкидати паливо انجن کی بھٹی میں ایندھن ڈالنا cho vào đốt, đốt lò
n stoker
stoker وَقّاد، موقِد السَّفينَه огняр topič fyrbøder der Heizer θερμαστής fogonero kütja سوخت رسان lämmittäjä chauffeur מֵסִיק आग वाला ložač (kazán)fűtő; fűtőberendezés tukang api kyndari fuochista 火夫 화부 kūrikas kurinātājs pembakar stoker fyrbøter palacz fogueiro fochist истопник kurič kurjač ložač eldare คนควบคุมเตาไฟ; อุปกรณ์ใส่ถ่านหินหรือเชื้อเพลิงแก่เตาไฟ ateşci 司爐 кочегар بھٹی کی دیکھ بھال کرنے والا người đốt lò,máy đốt lò
stoke up
to stoke Have they stoked up (the fires)? stook يوقِد، يُزَوِّد بالوَقود подклаждам (огън) přiložit komme brændsel på anschüren τροφοδοτώ alimentar/atizar/avivar el fuego (tuld) üleval hoidma سوخت رساني pitää vireillä alimenter (une chaudière) לְהַצִית कोयला झोंकना podržavati (vatru) felszít (tüzet) memasukkan bahan bakar kynda undir (alimentare la caldaia) かき立てる 연료를 보급하다 kūrenti papildināt kurināmo (krāsnī) memasukkan bahan bakar opstoken fylle brensel; fyre opp dosypywać (do ognia) alimentar a pune cărbuni/lemne pe foc поддерживать огонь priložiť vzdrževati (ogenj) dodati na vatru elda i, förse med bränsle ใส่ฟืน ateşe kömür/yakıt atmak 加燃料 підтримувати вогонь آگ تیز کرنا cho vào đốt, đốt lò


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When old Mr Simon Stoke, latterly deceased, had made his fortune as an honest merchant (some said money-lender) in the North, he decided to settle as a county man in the South of England, out of hail of his business district; and in doing this he felt the necessity of recommencing with a name that would not too readily identify him with the smart tradesman of the past, and that would be less commonplace than the original bald stark words.
Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran.
"Haye Park might do," said she, "if the Gouldings could quit it-- or the great house at Stoke, if the drawing-room were larger; but Ashworth is too far off
 
 
 
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