To encourage or stimulate.
To incite or provoke.
To prod with a goad.
That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
To encourage a behavior or emotion.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
An act of poking, piercing, thrusting