stokeverb [ I or T ]
uk/stəʊk/us/stoʊk/also stoke upto add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat:
Once the fire had been stoked up, the room began to get warm.
to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people:
He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region.
Rumours of an emergency meeting of the finance committee stoked the atmosphere of crisis.
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Fuels
- -fired
- alternative energy
- anthracite
- biodiesel
- biomass
- briquette
- coal-fired
- coke
- denatured alcohol
- fuel
- fuel poverty
- fuel rod
- fuel-efficient
- gas
- gasometer
- hickory chips
- oil
- propellant
- slack
- wind farm
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Encouraging and urging on
Phrasal verb(s)
stoke up on/with sth