I. ˈstōk verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Dutch stoken, from Middle Dutch, to thrust, poke, stoke; akin to Middle Low German stōken to poke, Middle Dutch stuken to push, shove, and probably to Old English stocc stock — more at stock
transitive verb
1. : to poke or stir up (as a fire) : tend the fire of : supply with fuel or something resembling fuel
stoked the furnace expertly
stoked the fire of his suspicions with lies
2. : to feed abundantly or to excess : provide more than adequately with food
the scouts stoked themselves for the long hike ahead
intransitive verb
1. : to poke or stir up a fire : tend the fires of furnaces : supply a furnace with fuel
2. : to eat a big meal
the gang fell to and stoked in silence — Ronald Duncan
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Sir George G. Stokes died 1903 British mathematician and physicist
: the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity being that of a fluid which has a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per cubic centimeter
III. adjective
or stoke-on-trent -ˈtrent
Usage: usually capitalized S&T
Etymology: from Stoke on Trent, England
: of or from the city of Stoke on Trent, England : of the kind or style prevalent in Stoke on Trent