POKE
\pˈə͡ʊk], \pˈəʊk], \p_ˈəʊ_k]\
Definitions of POKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
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make a hole by poking
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stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
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hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
By Princeton University
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a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
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make a hole by poking
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stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
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A bag; a sack; a pocket.
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To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
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To thrust with the horns; to gore.
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To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
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To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
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The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
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A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
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A long, wide sleeve; - called also poke sleeve.
By Oddity Software
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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
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A bag; a sack; a pocket.
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To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
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To thrust with the horns; to gore.
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To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
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To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
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The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
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A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
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A long, wide sleeve; - called also poke sleeve.
By Noah Webster.
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A thrust or push; a bag or sack; an American herb with white flowers and purple berries; a bonnet with a very broad brim.
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To thrust or push against, especially with something pointed; to prod; to thrust in or out.
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To thrust or push; go about idly; move lazily; grope; to pry.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A push; a thrust.
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To thrust or push against with something pointed: to search for with a long instrument: to thrust at with the horns.
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To grope or feel.
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Act of pushing or thrusting: a thrust.
By Daniel Lyons
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A push; a thrust.
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To feel about in the dark.
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To thrust against.
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A pocket; a small bag.
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To push against with anything pointed; to feel or search for with anything pointed; to thrust at with the horns.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To push against or into; push in or out.
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To go sluggishly or gropingly.
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A collar with an attachment, to keep animals from passing fences.
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The pokeweed.
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A pocket or bag.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To thrust or push against with anything pointed, as a bull with its horns; to search or feel for, as in the dark; to grope; to search; to feel.
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A sack; a bag; a pouch; to buy a pig in a poke, that is, a pocket or bag, to buy a thing without seeing it, or wihout knowing its qualities and real value.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Phytolacca decandra- p. Indian, Veratrum viride-p. Stink, Dracontium foetidum p. Weed, Phytolacca decandra, Veratrum viride.
By Robley Dunglison
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See Phytolacca; also Veratrum viride.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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