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spoke

1. spoke  past & archaic past part of SPEAK 
2. spoke \'spo-k\ n [ME, fr. OE spa-ca; akin to MD spike spike] 1a: one of 
   the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to suppo rt the rim 
   1b: something resembling the spoke of a wheel  2: a rung of a ladder  3: 
   one of the projecting handles of a steering wheel of a boat 
3. spoke vt : to furnish with or as if with spokes