stoke up (on something)
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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 — [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 — 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 — [[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 — [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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