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spoke

1

[ spohk ]

verb

  1. a simple past tense of speak.
  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of speak.
  3. Archaic. a past participle of speak.


spoke

2

[ 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.
  3. a handlelike projection from the rim of a wheel, as a ship's steering wheel.
  4. a rung of a ladder.

verb (used with object)

, spoked, spok·ing.
  1. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.

spoke

1

/ 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
  3. a rung of a ladder
  4. put a spoke in someone's wheel
    to thwart someone's plans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to equip with or as if with spokes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

spoke

2

/ spəʊk /

verb

  1. the past tense of speak
  2. archaic.
    a past participle of speak
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

Old English spāca
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Example Sentences

It becomes a media organization with a bunch of spokes going out as opposed to being centralized.

From Digiday

Before the pandemic most people worked in offices where the IT team oversaw a traditional hub-and-spoke model.

From Digiday

The Khenpo made mindfulness sound akin to jamming a stick into the spokes of the checklist and developing a state of okayness.

The traditional hub-and-spoke model, with transit networks designed to flush people in and out of a central business district, was upended.

Symptoms include hops and wobbles, speed shimmying on descents, or spokes that are noticeably tighter or looser than the ones next to them.

Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.

His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.

Almost everyone I spoke to said they have used JSwipe because they are specifically not just looking for a booty call.

Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to harm future access to those embattled communities.

She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

I could have sworn I heard a cry, and one of my men spoke in a tone that assured me my imagination had not been playing a trick.

You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.

He spoke clearly and slowly, well knowing that some among the natives would understand him.

The Indian turned his head, and spoke to some one behind; one after another a score of figures rose.

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