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

spoke \spoke\, n. oe. spoke, spake, as. sp=aca; akin to d.
   speek, lg. speke, ohg. speihha, g. speiche. root170. 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
see also:
spike to put a spoke in one's wheel 

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

spoke \spoke\, v. t. imp.  p. p. spoked sp=okt; p. pr. 
   vb. n. spoking.
   to furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
   1913 webster
see also:
spoked spoking 

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

spoke \spoke\ sp=ok,
   imp. of speak.
   1913 webster
see also:
speak 

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

speak \speak\, v. i. imp. spokespakearchaic; p. p.
   spokenspoke, 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=urj 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
see also:
spoke spake spoken speaking spark speech 
to speak of to speak out to speak well for to speak with 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
talk utter mouth verbalize verbalise address 
spoken spoke 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
radius rundle rung 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spoke
     see speak
see also:
speak 

[8] : 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

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