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(transitive) To stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc..
Please do not overstoke the fireplace, and do not burn it without the firescreen in position.
Use overstoke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overstoke means (transitive) To stoke excessively, creating too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc..
Common synonyms include overfire.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Please do not overstoke the fireplace, and do not burn it without the firescreen in position.
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