SPOKE

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

imp. of Speak.

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

A projecting handle of a steering wheel.

4.
n.

A rung, or round, of a ladder.

5.
n.

A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill. To put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.

6.
v.

To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.

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