stoke

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'ajouter du combustible à un feu ou à un four, ou, au sens figuré, pour encourager ou intensifier un sentiment ou une activité.

A verb used to indicate the act of adding fuel to a fire or furnace, or figuratively, to encourage or increase a feeling or activity.

1. Tend a fireB2formal

   To add fuel to a fire or stir it up to make it burn more strongly.

   Attiser un feu

   • He stoked the fire with more logs.
   • She stoked the coals to keep the furnace hot.
   • The blacksmith stoked the forge to heat the metal.

   Synonymesbankbuild upfeedfuelpokestirtend

2. Encourage or intensifyB2informal

   To encourage or increase a feeling, activity, or situation.

   attiser / alimenter

   • The speech stoked the crowd's enthusiasm.
   • Rumors stoked the tension between the two groups.
   • His comments stoked the debate further.

   Synonymesboostencouragefanfuelinciteinflameintensifyprovokestimulatewhip up

   Antonymescalmdampenextinguishquellsuppress