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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. (Naut.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
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     3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
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     4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to
        prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
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     {To put a spoke in one's wheel}, to thwart or obstruct one in
        the execution of some design.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  Spoke \Spoke\ (sp[=o]k),
     imp. of {Speak}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); 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.
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              Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer.
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              Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                    9.
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     2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
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              That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set,
              as the tradesmen speak.               --Boyle.
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              An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a
              knave is not.                         --Shak.
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              During the century and a half which followed the
              Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
              history.                              --Macaulay.
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     3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a
        public assembly formally.
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              Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
              speaking in Parliament against those things which
              were most grateful to his majesty.    --Clarendon.
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     4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
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              Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to
              him from the Leman Lake.              --Addison.
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     5. To give sound; to sound.
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              Make all our trumpets speak.          --Shak.
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     6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
        utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
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              Thine eye begins to speak.            --Shak.
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     {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.
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     Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
          pronounce; utter.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speak
       v 1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This
            depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: {talk}, {utter},
             {mouth}, {verbalize}, {verbalise}]
       2: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business";
          "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: {talk}]
       3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't
          speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: {talk}]
       4: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
          trustees" [syn: {address}]
       5: make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
       [also: {spoken}, {spoke}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoke
       n 1: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the
            hub to the rim [syn: {radius}]
       2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn:
           {rundle}, {rung}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoke
       See {speak}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

















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