(~s, stoking, ~d)
1.
If you ~ a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning.
She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple.
VERB: V n
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Stoke up means the same as ~ .
He ~d up the fire in the hearth.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
2.
If you ~ something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly.
These demands are helping to ~ fears of civil war.
VERB: V n
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Stoke up means the same as ~ .
He has sent his proposals in the hope of stoking up interest for the idea.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)