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spoke 1
(spōk)n.
1. One of the rods or braces connecting the hub and rim of a wheel.
2. Nautical One of the handles projecting from the rim of a ship's steering wheel.
3. A rod or stick that may be inserted into a wheel to prevent it from turning.
4. A rung of a ladder.
tr.v. spoked, spok·ing, spokes
1. To equip with spokes.
2. To impede (a wheel) by inserting a rod.
[Middle English, from Old English spāca.]
spoke 2
(spōk)v.
1. Past tense of speak.
2. Archaic A past participle of speak.
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spoke
(spəʊk)spoke
(spəʊk)n
1. (Mechanical Engineering) a radial member of a wheel, joining the hub to the rim
2. (Mechanical Engineering) a radial projection from the rim of a wheel, as in a ship's wheel
3. (Building) a rung of a ladder
4. put a spoke in someone's wheel Brit to thwart someone's plans
vb
(Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to equip with or as if with spokes
[Old English spāca]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
spoke1
(spoʊk)v.
1. a pt. of speak.
2. Archaic. a pp. of speak.
spoke2
(spoʊk)n., v. spoked, spok•ing. n.
1. one of the bars, rods, or rungs radiating from the hub or nave of a wheel and supporting the rim or felloe.
2. a handlelike projection from the rim of a wheel, as a ship's steering wheel.
3. a rung of a ladder.
v.t. 4. to fit or furnish with or as if with spokes.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English spāca, c. Old Frisian spēke, spāke, Old Saxon spēca, Old High German speihha]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
spoke
The portion of the hub and spoke distribution system that refers to transportation mode operators responsible for scheduled delivery to a customer of the "hub." See also distribution; distribution system; hub; hub and spoke distribution.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
spoke
Past participle: spoked
Gerund: spoking
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| Noun | 1. |  spoke - support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rimbicycle wheel - the wheel of a bicycle cartwheel - a wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagon |
| 2. | spoke - one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder crosspiece - a transverse brace ladder - steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down |
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Translations
شُعاع الدّولابشُعَاعُ العَجَلَة
paprsek
ege
spoko
pinnapuolapyörän puola
זק
žbica
pílári, hjólrif
スポーク
스포크
spieķis
špica
špica
eker
ซี่ล้อรถ
jant telitekerlek parmaklığı
cái nan hoa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spoke
1Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spoke1
(spəuk) noun one of the ribs or bars from the centre to the rim of the wheel of a bicycle, cart etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
spoke
→ شُعَاعُ العَجَلَة paprsek ege Speiche ακτίνα τροχού radio de una rueda, rayo de una rueda pyörän puola rayon žbica raggio スポーク 스포크 spaak eike szprycha raio, raio de roda спица eker ซี่ล้อรถ jant teli cái nan hoa 轮辐Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
spoke
pret de speakEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.