verb Download 🔗Share To poke, pierce, thrust. Examples : "The blacksmith stokes the hot coals with a long metal rod to keep the fire burning. " action weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. Examples : "He stokes the campfire with more wood to keep us warm. " energy fuel machine process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion. Examples : "His constant bragging stokes jealousy among his classmates. " attitude mind emotion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. Examples : "The fireman stokes the engine's boiler with coal to keep the train moving. " energy machine work industry technical fuel Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm2/s Examples : "The liquid's viscosity, measured in stokes, indicated that it flowed more easily than water. " physics unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading