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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim;
[syn: spoke, wheel spoke, radius]

2. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder;
[syn: rundle, spoke, rung]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spoke \Spoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoked (sp[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spoking.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spoke \Spoke\ (sp[=o]k), imp. of Speak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spoke \Spoke\, n. [OE. spoke, spake, AS. sp[=a]ca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. [root]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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel. [1913 Webster] 3. A rung, or round, of a ladder. [1913 Webster] 4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill. [1913 Webster] To put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p. Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. [1913 Webster] Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. [1913 Webster] That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. [1913 Webster] During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. [1913 Webster] Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. [1913 Webster] Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To give sound; to sound. [1913 Webster] Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. [1913 Webster] Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia). To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to. To speak with, to converse with. "Would you speak with me?" --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spoke n 1: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim [syn: spoke, wheel spoke, radius] 2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: rundle, spoke, rung]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoke": approach, arrest, asymptote, bearing rein, bit, bottleneck, brake, chain, check, checkrein, chock, clog, collision course, concentralization, concentration, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conflux, congress, convergence, converging, countercheck, crossing, curb, curb bit, damper, diffusion, dispersion, doorstep, doorstop, drag, drag sail, drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, emanation, fetter, focalization, focus, footrest, footstep, funnel, holdback, hub, martingale, meeting, mutual approach, narrowing gap, pelham, radiance, radiation, radius, ray, remora, rest, riser, round, rundle, rung, scale, scattering, scotch, sea anchor, shackle, snaffle, spokes, stair, stave, stay, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stop, string, tangent, trammel, tread