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Stake   /steɪk/   Listen
Stake

noun
1.
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.  Synonym: interest.  "A stake in the company's future"
2.
A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track).  Synonym: post.  "The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
3.
Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning.
4.
The money risked on a gamble.  Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager.
5.
A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground.
verb
(past & past part. staked; pres. part. staking)
1.
Put at risk.  Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture.
2.
Place a bet on.  Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt.  "I'm betting on the new horse"
3.
Mark with a stake.  Synonym: post.
4.
Tie or fasten to a stake.
5.
Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.  Synonym: impale.



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"Stake" Quotes from Famous Books



... drove a stake into the beach, and threw stones at it, to see which could knock off the pebble balanced on its top. Several of the ladies joined them in the sport, and shrieked and laughed when they made wild shots with the missiles the men politely ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... ye s'pose ever possessed that old pole-cat to stake a placer claim jest there, 'stead o' somewhere else? The dirt won't pan color, will it?" asked Dad. "That's just what has bothered me, Dad. The only way that I can figure it out is that Williams got some inkling of the prospects of the tunnel from some of Bill's papers or letters. It wasn't two ...
— Buffalo Roost • F. H. Cheley
... sleeps on the banks of rivers. He takes pleasure in staying by such banks. He is freed from every attachment, and from every tie of affection. He merges the existence of his own soul into the Supreme Soul. Standing like a stake of wood, and abstaining from all food he does only such acts as point to Emancipation. Or, he may wander about, devoted to Yoga. Even these are the eternal duties of a follower of the Religion of Nivritti. He lives aloof from ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli
... of fire in their hands, tried their very best to inveigle and entrap him, but in vain. Once, indeed, he had very nearly fallen into a horrible pit in which, at the very bottom, in the centre, was a dreadful, long, sharp stake, which, had he fallen, would have been driven through his thick body by its own weight, and he would have perished ...
— Rataplan • Ellen Velvin
... to avoid hardship and suffering. This is not wrong of itself; it is wrong only when it conflicts with the will of God. It is not wrong for you to avoid burning at the stake unless it be God's will that you should thus end your life. If God wills you to burn at the stake you must not seek to avoid the ordeal. If we do not watch carefully and live close to God and keep our body under, the will of sense will grow strong and cause ...
— How to Live a Holy Life • C. E. Orr


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