spoke

1
[ spohk ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense of speak.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of speak.

  1. Archaic. a past participle of speak.

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Other definitions for spoke (2 of 2)

spoke2
[ spohk ]

noun
  1. one of the bars, rods, or rungs radiating from the hub or nave of a wheel and supporting the rim or felloe.

  2. something that resembles the spoke of a wheel.

  1. a handlelike projection from the rim of a wheel, as a ship's steering wheel.

  2. a rung of a ladder.

verb (used with object),spoked, spok·ing.
  1. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.

Origin of spoke

2
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche

Other words from spoke

  • spokeless, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for spoke (1 of 2)

spoke1

/ (spəʊk) /


verb
  1. the past tense of speak

  2. archaic, or dialect a past participle of speak

British Dictionary definitions for spoke (2 of 2)

spoke2

/ (spəʊk) /


noun
  1. a radial member of a wheel, joining the hub to the rim

  2. a radial projection from the rim of a wheel, as in a ship's wheel

  1. a rung of a ladder

  2. put a spoke in someone's wheel British to thwart someone's plans

verb
  1. (tr) to equip with or as if with spokes

Origin of spoke

2
Old English spāca

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