stoking
Tending the fire
Stoking is the act of tending a fire by adding fuel or stirring it to increase heat.
A stoker feeds coal into a furnace or boiler.
The word extends to anything that intensifies or fuels: stoking fears, stoking controversy, stoking demand.
Politicians are often accused of stoking division or resentment among voters.
Increasing strength or intensity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- fuelingSupplying energy source
- escalatingIncreasing by degrees
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
increasing · feeding · boosting · strengthening · fanning · kindling · igniting · arousing
Disturbed, restless state
- provocationAct that triggers response
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
- inflamingArousing strong emotion
- fanningCreating airflow manually
goading · stirring · fueling · arousing · whipping up · fomenting · instigating · spurring
Cut logs for burning
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- pokerHearth implement for coals
bellows · hearth · fireplace · furnace · blaze · flame · bonfire · wood
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- engineMachine producing motion
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
locomotive · feedstock · combustion · burner · energy · power · heat · fuel
Intense emotional drive
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- desireIntense wanting
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
excitement · anger · fear · resentment · hatred · jealousy · ambition · curiosity
amplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
- fuelingSupplying energy source
- escalatingIncreasing by degrees
building · increasing · feeding · boosting · strengthening · fanning · kindling · igniting · arousing · whipping up
agitation
Disturbed, restless state
- provocationAct that triggers response
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
- inflamingArousing strong emotion
fanning · goading · stirring · fueling · arousing · whipping up · fomenting · instigating · spurring · antagonizing
firewood
Cut logs for burning
poker · bellows · hearth · fireplace · furnace · blaze · flame · bonfire · wood · pellets
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- engineMachine producing motion
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
coal · locomotive · feedstock · combustion · burner · energy · power · heat · fuel · firebox
passion
Intense emotional drive
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- desireIntense wanting
ardor · excitement · anger · fear · resentment · hatred · jealousy · ambition · curiosity · appetite
- fire usesburning, campfire, bonfire, grilling, roasting
- combustionburning, flames, fire triangle, ignition source, oxygen
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- hearthhearth, fireplace tools, fire irons, hearthstone, hearth fire
- thermal processesheating, burning, cooling, boiling, melting
stokingextinguishing
Causing to stop burning
dousing · quenching · putting out · smothering · snuffing
stockings, stocking, stocked, stoke, stoked, stocker, stoker, stokers, restoked