segunda-feira, 20 de maio de 2013

Word of the day: STOKE


Stoke: atiçar, remexer, alimentar, cuidar de fogo
Synonyms: accelerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, increase, supersize, up
“The engineer stoked the coals.”
“The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.”
“Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

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