<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).</li><li>To tend the fire of (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To shake up the coals of a fire.</li><li>To tend a fire or furnace.</li></ul>