Definition
To add fuel to a fire to make it burn hotter, or to encourage and intensify a feeling or enthusiasm.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch 'stoken' meaning 'to stir up a fire.' Originally literal about stoking furnaces, it evolved metaphorically to mean encouraging anything to grow stronger.
Kelly Says
The word 'stoke' has become slang for 'to get excited' in surf and skate culture—it perfectly captures how literally stoking a fire creates the energy and heat that gets things going!
Translations
ARالعربية
تشجيع
tash-je'e-e
BNবাংলা
জ্বালানো
jwal-ano
CACatalà
encendre
en-sen-dre
CSČeština
rozpálí
roz-pa-li
DEDeutsch
anzünden
ants-tünden
ELΕλληνικά
πυρπολίσω
pir-po-lis-o
ESEspañol
encender
en-sen-der
FISuomi
sytyttää
syt-ty-ttää
FRFrançais
enflammer
an-flam-er
HEעברית
להדליק
le-ha-di-lik
HIहिन्दी
उत्तेजित करना
ut-te-jit kar-na
HUMagyar
felgyújt
fel-gyüjt
IDBahasa Indonesia
memicu
me-mi-tsu
ITItaliano
accendere
ak-ken-der-e
MSBahasa Melayu
menyalakan
men-ya-la-kan
NLNederlands
aanwakkeren
an-wak-ker-en
PLPolski
rozpalić
roz-pa-lich
PTPortuguês
acender
a-sen-der
RUРусский
поджечь
pod-zhech
SVSvenska
antända
an-ten-da
TAதமிழ்
காட்டையிட
kaat-tai-id
TRTürkçe
şevklendirmek
shev-klen-der-mek
UKУкраїнська
запалити
zapaliti
VITiếng Việt
thổi lửa
thoi-lu-fa