Definition of "stoke" [stoke]

• To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace). (verb-transitive)
• To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace). (verb-transitive)
• To feed or tend a furnace or fire. (verb-intransitive)
• Informal To eat steadily and in large quantities. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In what he calls a stoke of luck, Gore purchased the rare car off eBay."
• "The dragon kiln has 17 holes throughout the entire length of its body called stoke holes which the kiln operator uses during firing for observation and feeding of wood fuel."
• "Who remembers that team called stoke that beat us 2-0."