spoke

1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3. A rung of a ladder.
4. A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

verb

To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

   I was so surprised I couldn't speak.

2. To have a conversation.

   It's been ages since we've spoken.

3. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.

   Actions speak louder than words.

4. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.

   This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.

5. To be able to communicate in a language.

   He speaks Mandarin fluently.

6. To utter.

   I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word.

7. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
8. (sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).

   So you can program in C. But do you speak C++?

9. To produce a sound; to sound.
10. Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
11. To address; to accost; to speak to.