verb
- feeding fuel to a fire or furnace to keep it burning
- encouraging or intensifying a feeling, situation, or activity
Usage: figurative
Examples
- He was stoking the fireplace with dry logs.
- The workers were stoking the furnace throughout the night.
- She kept stoking the campfire to keep everyone warm.
- The politician was accused of stoking fears about immigration.
- His comments were stoking anger among the protesters.
- The media coverage was stoking public interest in the scandal.
- They were stoking the flames of controversy with their statements.