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Webster 1913 Edition
Spoke
Spoke
,Noun.
[OE.
spoke
, spake
, AS. spāca
; akin to D. speek
, LG. speke
, OHG. speihha
, G. speiche
. √170. Cf. Spike
a nail.] 1.
The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
2.
(Naut.)
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3.
A rung, or round, of a ladder.
4.
A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
To put a spoke in one’s wheel
, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.
Spoke
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spoked
(spōkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spoking
.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spoke
SPOKE
, pret. of speak.SPOKE
,Noun.
1.
The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.2.
The spar or round of a ladder. [Not in use in the United States.]Definition 2024
spoke
spoke
See also: spöke
English
Noun
spoke (plural spokes)
- A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
- (nautical) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
- A rung of a ladder.
- A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
Derived terms
- hub-and-spoke
Translations
part of a wheel
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References
Verb
spoke (third-person singular simple present spokes, present participle spoking, simple past and past participle spoked)
- (transitive) To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
Etymology 2
Verb
spoke
- simple past tense of speak
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: idea · reached · appeared · #461: spoke · strange · force · character