spoke
IPA: spˈoʊk
noun
- 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 stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
- One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
verb
- (transitive) To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
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Examples of "spoke" in Sentences
- The man spoke playfully.
- The man spoke in a monotone.
- My family is selling spokes.
- What are the spokes used for
- She spoke in a dulcet manner.
- In the beginning, the mole spoke.
- The lecturer spoke in an affected manner.
- The teacher explained the usage of spoke.
- The two spoke in the presidential palace.
- The people spoke in a circumlocutory tone.
- The title spoke for itself: two gay guys are having a baby.
- Mr. McCain spoke from the back porch of the house, using a lectern.
- Nathaniel said nothing in return but he didnt need to, his expression spoke volumes.
- The depth and breadth and humanity he expressed has amazed me over the years, but the title spoke directly to these concerns, and it was a book I hadn't picked up in awhile.
- The frog-woman crept to her side; gazed down upon Larry; spoke -- _spoke_ -- to the Golden Girl in a swift stream of the sonorous, reverberant monosyllables; and Lakla answered her in kind.