Stake Definition
stāk
staked, stakes, staking
noun
stakes
A length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc.
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The post to which a person was tied for execution by burning.
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Execution by burning.
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A pole or post fitted upright into a socket, as at the edge of a railway flatcar, truck bed, etc. to help hold a load.
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A territorial division consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president.
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verb
staked, stakes, staking
To mark the location or boundaries of with or as with stakes.
Webster's New World
To establish (a claim) in this way.
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To support (a plant, etc.) by tying to a stake.
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To hitch or tether to a stake.
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To impale with a stake.
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idiom
at stake
- At risk; in question.
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at stake
- being risked or hazarded; in danger of being lost, injured, etc.
Webster's New World
pull up stakes
- to change one's place of residence, business, etc.
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stake out
- to station (police officers, detectives, etc.) for surveillance of a suspected criminal, a place, etc.
- to put (a suspected criminal, a place, etc.) under such surveillance
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stake up (<i>or</i> in)
- to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Stake
- at stake
- at stake
- pull up stakes
- stake out
- stake up (or in)
Origin of Stake
Middle English from Old English staca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English staca
From Wiktionary
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