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1. Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
   - wheel spoke, radius
    
2. One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
   - rundle, rung

1. Express in speech
   "She speaks a lot of nonsense";
   - talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise [Brit]
    
2. Exchange thoughts; convey ideas
   "We often speak business";
   - talk
    
3. Use language
   "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect";
   - talk
    
4. Give a speech to
   - address
    
5. Make a characteristic or natural sound
   "The drums spoke"

Derived forms: spokes

Type of: communicate, crosspiece, intercommunicate, sound, support

Part of: bicycle wheel, cartwheel, ladder, wagon wheel

Encyclopedia: Spoke