单词	stoking
释义	stoke verb ˈstōk  stoked; stoking transitive verb 1 : to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel 2 : to feed abundantly 3 : to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of limiting the number of cars available … will help stoke demand for the car Keith Naughton intransitive verb : to stir up or tend a fire (as in a furnace) : supply a furnace with fuel Synonyms accelerate add (to) aggrandize amplify augment boost build up compound enlarge escalate expand extend hype increase multiply pump up raise supersize swell up See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The engineer stoked the coals. The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales. Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs. Recent Examples on the Web In the coming week, traders will be closely parsing fresh data on consumer prices for clues on the path of interest-rate increases, a report that could stoke giant moves across stock and bond markets. Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 The Anchorage Fire Department assistant chief jumped in his SUV and maneuvered it toward Rabbit Creek Road, watching trees bend against a bluebird sky, the exact dry and gusty conditions that stoke wildfires to spread out of control. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2022 Belatedly, a hint of a plot emerges, involving the arrival of multiple disruptive figures from Massimo’s past, who stoke Laura’s lingering dissatisfaction with being a mobster’s trophy wife. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 But after the 2016 presidential election, Facebook faced intense scrutiny for how it was misused to stoke division and to spread misinformation. New York Times, 1 June 2022 The team hopes to analyze chemicals preserved in the wood to confirm the use of gasoline or another accelerant to stoke the pyres. Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS, 17 Aug. 2021 Soaring temperatures in Spain this summer are expected to hit the country’s olive oil production, pushing up prices and threatening to further stoke food inflation. Sara Ruberg, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022 Many bars and cafes throughout Greater Boston host trivia matches, a great way to meet new people and stoke your competitive side. Emilia Cardona, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 These laws could have a devastating impact on the mental health of LGBTQ students, a population that already has higher rates of depression and suicide, and could stoke a culture of fear and suspicion among students and school staffers, experts say. Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Dutch stoken; akin to Middle Dutch stuken to push First Known Use 1683, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Medical Definition stoke noun ˈstōk  : the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity being that of a fluid which has a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per cubic centimeter stoking verb present participle of stoke as in increasing to make greater in size, amount, or number hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance increasing expanding accelerating boosting augmenting raising multiplying intensifying escalating extending amplifying enhancing hyping reinforcing aggrandizing enlarging swelling strengthening upping maximizing compounding heightening supersizing inflating pumping up spiking building up developing jumping skyrocketing supplementing prolonging booming adding (to) stretching protracting distending lengthening complementing elongating dilating accumulating magnifying drawing out amassing collecting blowing up reenforcing racheting (up) bumping (up) parlaying ratcheting (up) following up fleshing (out) beefing (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms reducing decreasing diminishing lowering lessening dwindling curtailing downsizing abating subtracting (from) shortening de-escalating compressing contracting abridging condensing abbreviating constricting minifying retrenching cutting back See More
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