spoke
Hub-to-rim connector
Spoke is the past tense of speak: She spoke softly but carried a big stick.
As a noun, a spoke is one of the rods connecting the hub of a wheel to its rim—on bicycles, wagons, and steering wheels.
To put a spoke in someone's wheel is to obstruct their plans.
Circular outer boundary
- hubCentral connection point
- tireLose strength or energy
- bicyclePedal-powered two-wheeler
- nippleMammary projection
tension · lacing · truing · dishing · tangential · radial · flange · gauge
Expressed in speech
- declaredStated with authority
- statedExpressed in words
- announcedPublicly stated or declared
- proclaimedDeclared in public
expressed · communicated · mentioned · revealed · disclosed · articulated · narrated · testified
rim
Circular outer boundary
nipple · tension · lacing · truing · dishing · tangential · radial · flange · gauge · crossings
uttered
Expressed in speech
proclaimed · expressed · communicated · mentioned · revealed · disclosed · articulated · narrated · testified · recited
eloquent
Fluent and persuasive
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- enunciateSpeak with clarity
- pronounceUtter distinctly, vocalize
verbalize · diction · fluency · clarity · coherent · vocalize · articulation · oratory · rhetoric · intelligible
rung
Ladder's horizontal step
- stepFoot movement forward
- treadSurface that grips ground
- crosspieceBeam connecting two elements
spokewas silent
Made no sound
kept quiet · said nothing · clammed up · bit one's tongue · hushed
- spoke upExpressed oneself aloud
- spoke too soonDeclared victory prematurely
- spoke out
- spoke volumesCommunicated significance nonverbally
- spoke one's mindShared candid views
- spoke ill ofVerbally disparaged someone
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