stoken — meaning in English

English meaning

• distil verb To ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
• ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
• stoke verb To add fuel to a fire to keep it burning, or to feed a furnace.

Senses

stoken is used for these senses in English:

• ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
• ferment To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
• stir the pot (figurative) To cause unrest or dissent.
• stoke (transitive, obsolete) To poke, pierce, thrust.

distil — full definition

1. verb To ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
2. verb To pass on information gradually, a little at a time.
3. verb To purify or separate a liquid by heating it into vapour and then cooling the vapour back into liquid form.
4. verb To remove a substance from something by this heating-and-cooling process, usually used with 'off' or 'out'.

ferment — full definition

1. verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
2. verb To stir up unrest, excitement, or trouble.
3. noun A state of excitement, agitation, or unrest.

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