Grandpa had to go down each winter morning to stoke the fire up.
•He stoked up the furnace every morning during the winter.
2. Sl. to start something, such as an engine. •Stoke this old car up so we can leave.
•Stoke up your motorcycle and let's get going.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stoke — [[t]sto͟ʊk[/t]] stokes, stoking, stoked 1) VERB If you stoke a fire, you add coal or wood to it to keep it burning. [V n] She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple. PHRASAL VERB Stoke up means the same as stoke. V P n (not pron) He stoked up … English dictionary
stoke — [stəuk US stouk] v also stoke up [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: stoken] 1.) to add more coal or wood to a fire ▪ I stoked the furnace for the night. 2.) to cause something to increase ▪ Rising oil prices stoked inflation. stoke… … Dictionary of contemporary English
stoke up (on something) — ˌstoke ˈup (on/with sth) derived (informal) to eat or drink a lot of sth, especially so that you do not feel hungry later • Stoke up for the day on a good breakfast. Main entry: ↑stokederived … Useful english dictionary
stoke up (with something) — ˌstoke ˈup (on/with sth) derived (informal) to eat or drink a lot of sth, especially so that you do not feel hungry later • Stoke up for the day on a good breakfast. Main entry: ↑stokederived … Useful english dictionary
stoke — also stoke up verb (I, T) to add more coal or wood to a fire used for cooking or heating: stoke sth with sth: Stoke the furnace with wood. stoke up phrasal verb (T) 1 to add more coal or wood to a fire: stoke sth up: Get the fire stoked up. 2 to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stoke — [17] Stoke is a back formation from stoker [17], which was borrowed from Dutch stoker. This in turn was derived from the verb stoken ‘put fuel into a furnace’, a descendant of Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’. And stoken came from a prehistoric… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stoke — [17] Stoke is a back formation from stoker [17], which was borrowed from Dutch stoker. This in turn was derived from the verb stoken ‘put fuel into a furnace’, a descendant of Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’. And stoken came from a prehistoric… … Word origins
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