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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, spoking 
  1. to fit or furnish with or as with spokes.

spoke

1

/ əʊ /

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. 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

/ əʊ /

verb

  1. the past tense of speak

  2. archaica 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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • spokeless adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English 峦; cognate with Dutch speek, German Speiche
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spoke1

Old English
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Example Sentences

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Neighbors who spoke to The Times on Sunday — several of whom asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation — said that the vehicle took down the home’s front gate.

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“It was the worst experience I ever felt,” Gavidia said, his voice shaking with anger as he spoke from the business Friday.

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Incensed by what he saw as the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to arrest and deport immigrants in the country illegally, he “eviscerated everyone,” according to one official who spoke to the Washington Examiner.

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He spoke flawless American English, having spent much of his childhood in upstate New York and then attended MIT, where he earned multiple degrees.

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He spoke briefly to thank those present for their service.

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