stoke UK /stəʊk/US /stoʊk/verb 4noun 2forms 3phrases 1 verb4 •To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. •To encourage a behavior or emotion.To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead. — 2011 •To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. •(no longer used) To poke, pierce, thrust. noun2 •An act of poking, piercing, thrusting •Misconstruction of stokes, a unit of kinematic viscosity. formsstoked · stoking · stokes Phrases with stoke stoke upTo stoke, to kindle (a fire)