Stake

Noun

 * 1) A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
 * A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden
 * A piece of wood driven in the ground used in the game of croquet. The stake, often referred to as the peg, is placed in the middle of the court and is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
 * 1) A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark
 * 2) * We have stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
 * 3) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
 * 4) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
 * 5) A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").
 * 6) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
 * 7) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
 * 8)  A territorial division.
 * Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men. &mdash; Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Derived terms

 * burn at the stake
 * pull up stakes
 * stake of Zion

Related terms

 * wager or pledge
 * at stake

Verb

 * 1)  To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
 * 2)  To pierce or wound with a stake.
 * 3)  To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
 * I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. -- Alexander Pope.
 * 1)  To provide another with money in order to play.
 * John went broke, so in order to play Jill had to stake him

Derived terms

 * stake a claim

Related terms

 * stake out

Adjectives for Stake
black; windward; sharp-pointed; metal.

Verbs for Stake
affix to—; avoid—; drive—; extract—; hitch to—; impale on—; implant—; moor to—; plant—; sink—; shackle to—; suspend from—; transfix to—; withdraw—; —directs; —fences; —guides; —indicates; — marks; —penetrates; —signalizes.

Thesaurus
Derby, Kentucky Derby, Kreis, Preakness Stakes, absolute interest, allotment, allowance, angel, ante, ante up, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, at hazard, at stake, ax, back, backing, bailiwick, bank, bankroll, benefit, bet, bet on, big end, bigger half, bishopric, bit, bite, block, bond, book, borough, bottomry, budget, cage, call, canton, capitalization, capitalize, caution, caution money, chain, chance, chase, chunk, circumscribe, city, claim, close in, close off, collateral, collateral security, column, commission, common, commune, concern, concerned, confine, congressional district, constablewick, contingent, contingent interest, county, cover, cross, cut, deal, death chair, death chamber, deficit financing, define, delimit, delineate, demarcate, depart, departement, deposit, destiny, diocese, district, dividend, dole, drop, duchy, easement, electoral district, electorate, electric chair, emigrate, enclose, end, equal share, equitable interest, equity, estate, fade, fasten, fate, fence, finance, financial backing, financial support, financing, flat race, forfeit, fund, funding, gallows, gallows-tree, gamble, game, gas chamber, gibbet, go bail, government, grubstake, guillotine, half, halter, halver, hamlet, handbook, handicap, handicap race, handsel, harness race, hazard, helping, hem in, hemp, hempen collar, hitch, hock, holding, horse race, hot seat, hundred, hurdle race, hypothecate, impignorate, impound, in jeopardy, interest, investment, involved, involvement, jackpot, jeopardize, jeopardized, kitty, lash, lay, lay a wager, lay down, leash, leave, leg, lethal chamber, limitation, lot, magistracy, maiden, make a bet, margin, mark off, mark out, measure, meed, meet a bet, mess, metropolis, metropolitan area, migrate, modicum, moiety, mortgage, move on, noose, oblast, okrug, on the table, outline, pale, paling, palisade, parish, parlay, part, pass, patronization, patronize, pawn, pay for, peg, pen, percentage, picket, piece, pike, pile, pillar, plate race, play, play against, pledge, plunge, pole, pool, portion, post, pot, precinct, principality, proportion, provide for, province, provision of capital, pull up stakes, punt, purse race, put, put in hock, put in pawn, put up, quantum, quarter-horse race, quota, rake-off, ration, refinance, region, resettle, riding, right, right of entry, risk, risked, rope, scaffold, secure, see, segment, set up, settlement, shank, share, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shot, shrievalty, shut in, slice, small share, soke, spike, spile, sponsor, sponsorship, spout, stake out, stake race, stakes, stand pat, state, stave, steeplechase, stick, stock, strict settlement, subsidize, subsidy, support, sweep, sweepstake, sweepstakes, territory, tether, the chair, tie up, tiger, title, town, township, tree, trotting race, trust, upright, use, venture, vested interest, village, wager, wall in, wapentake, ward

Pronunciation



 * Homophones: steak

Etymology
Old English staca

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Catalan: pal, estaca
 * Chinese: 鐵砧, 铁砧
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: kůl, tyčka , kolík
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 말뚝
 * Latin:, , , sudis
 * Latvian: miets
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:, påle
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , подпорка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Russian: щеколда


 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German: Marterpfahl


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: påle
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: påle


 * Danish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: aksje


 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: participación


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, in gioco, in palio
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Polish: stawka
 * Russian:


 * Czech:


 * Russian: кол (kol)

Verb

 * Russian: укреплять, укрепить ; подпирать, подпереть


 * Russian: ставить на карту, ставить на кон


 * : 賭, 赌
 * : anpflocken, anbinden, hochbinden, pfählen
 * : picchettare, scommettere
 * : estacar


 * : estacar
 * : kolac
 * : grmada

Anagrams

 * Keats
 * skate
 * steak
 * takes

Anagrams

 * kaste

Noun

 * 1) (short for ljusstake) candlestick
 * 2)  erection
 * 3)  erect penis
 * 4)  guts, spine; courage, assertiveness

Related terms

 * ljusstake
 * adventsljusstake