Spoke

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • noun. One of the rods or braces connecting the hub and rim of a wheel.
  • noun. One of the handles projecting from the rim of a ship's steering wheel.
  • noun. A rod or stick that may be inserted into a wheel to prevent it from turning.
  • noun. A rung of a ladder.
  • transitive verb. To equip with spokes.
  • transitive verb. To impede (a wheel) by inserting a rod.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Preterit and obsolete past participle of speak.
  • noun. One of the bars, rods, or rungs which are inserted in the hub or nave of a wheel, and serve to support the rim or felly; a radius of a wheel. See cut under felly.
  • noun. One of the rounds or rungs of a ladder.
  • noun. One of a number of pins or handles jutting from the periphery of the steering-wheel of a vessel.
  • noun. A bar of wood or metal so placed in or applied to the wheel of a vehicle as to prevent its turning, as when going down a hill. See second phrase below.
  • To fit or furnish with spokes: as, to spoke a wheel.
  • noun. See spoke-stitch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. of speak.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
  • noun. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
  • noun. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
  • noun. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
  • noun. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
  • noun. to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Simple past of speak.
  • noun. A piece that fits between the axle and the round outside, or rim, of a wheel.
  • verb. To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
  • noun. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
  • Word Usage
    "The frog-woman crept to her side; gazed down upon Larry; spoke -- _spoke_ -- to the Golden Girl in a swift stream of the sonorous, reverberant monosyllables; and Lakla answered her in kind."
    Form
    spoked  spoking  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baroque  Coke  Koch  Polk  Stoke  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    axle  bearing  grille  handlebar  hub  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    speak  
    verb-form
    spoked  spokes  spoking  
    verb-stem
    speak