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Noun spoke has 2 senses
- spoke, radius - support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
--1 is a kind of support
--1 is a part of bicycle wheel; cartwheel; wagon wheel
- rundle, spoke, rung - one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
--2 is a kind of crosspiece
--2 is a part of ladder
Verb speak has 5 senses
- talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
--1 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
--2 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
- speak, talk - use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
--3 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue speak
- address, speak - give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s
- speak - make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
--5 is one way to sound
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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