stoke

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stoke [stoke stokes stoked stoking] BrE [stəʊk] NAmE [stoʊk] verb
1. ~ sth (up) (with sth) to add fuel to a fire, etc
•to stoke up a fire with more coal
•to stoke a furnace
2. ~ sth (up) to make people feel sth more strongly
•to stoke up envy
•The publicity was intended to stoke up interest in her music.
3. ~ sth (up) to make sth increase or develop more quickly
•They were accused of stoking the crisis.
•The measures would stoke up inflation.
•These developments helped stoke the credit boom.
Derived: ↑stoke up
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Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: back-formation from ↑stoker.

Example Bank:
•His departure has stoked fears that the company is planning job cuts.
•Increased borrowing was stoking up a consumer boom.