Stoke

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Stoke, v. t. [OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.].

•  To stick; to thrust; to stab.  [1913 Webster]

  "Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting."  [1913 Webster]
•  To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Stoke, v. i. 

 To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Stoke, v. (often foll. by up)
1 a tr. feed and tend (a fire or furnace etc.). b intr. act as a stoker.
2 intr. colloq. consume food, esp. steadily and in large quantities.

Etymology

back-form. f. STOKER

THESAURUS

Stoke

bank, burn, chafe, coal, conflagrate, cook, detonate, electric-heat, enkindle, explode, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fill up, fire, fire up, foment, fuel, fuel up, fulminate, gas-heat, heat, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat, hot-water-heat, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, mull, oil, overheat, preheat, recook, refuel, reheat, rekindle, relight, relume, set fire to, set on fire, steam, stir the fire, stoke the fire, stoke up, strike a light, superheat, tepefy, top off, torch, touch off, warm, warm over, warm up