stoke means A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, now merged into Stoke and Hurleston civil parish. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
stoke is pronounced /stəʊk/.
name
- A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, now merged into Stoke and Hurleston civil parish.
- A village on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7102).
- A village and civil parish in Medway borough, Kent, England; the parish includes Lower Stoke and Middle Stoke (OS grid ref TQ8275).
- An eastern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands, England (there are a few places in Coventry with other affixes of Stoke) (OS grid ref SP3679).
- A civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England.
- An outer suburb of Nelson, New Zealand, not far from Richmond, named after Stoke-by-Nayland in England.
noun
- An act of poking, piercing, thrusting
verb
- To poke, pierce, thrust.“Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bityng / No man ne drawe ne bere it by his syde / Ne no man shal un to his felawe ryde / But o cours with a sharp ygrounde spere”
- To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
- To encourage a behavior or emotion.“Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song”
- To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.