spoke
To furnish with spokesTo furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
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» One of the spokes on my bicycle is broken.
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1 sensesTo furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
einspeichen
Examples
9 sentencesOne of the spokes on my bicycle is broken.
Don't put your hands in the spokes.
One of my bike's spokes has bust.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen. — brauchinet
She's always putting spokes in other people's wheels.
ruОна вечно вставляет всем палки в колеса. — V_Zmoova
One of the spokes on my bike has gone.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen. — brauchinet
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, fromFrom Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
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Forms
spokes, spoking, spoked, spokedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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