spoke
1[spohk]
verb
spoke
2[spohk]
noun
verb (used with object), spoked, spok·ing.
Origin of spoke
2before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche
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Related Words for spokes
purview, ambit, span, extension, space, interval, reach, orbit, expanse, limit, extent, compass, boundary, spoke, semidiameter, streak, pig, stroke, strip, slabExamples from the Web for spokes
Historical Examples of spokes
He swallowed once or twice, and his hands tightened on the spokes of the wheel.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
I seized her hands and placed them on the spokes of the wheel.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
Should he have grasped the spokes near the hub, near the rim, or in the middle?
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
There were four "children of Horus" and four spokes to the wheel of the sun.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
Its details blurred like the spokes of a swiftly turning wheel.
Erik DornBen Hecht
spoke
1verb
spoke
2noun
verb
Word Origin for spoke
Old English spāca
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