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stake en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.

Meanings

  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 marker or a support or stay.
    • We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
    • A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  2. (qualifier:croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
  3. A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
  4. (with-definite-article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
    • Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
    • However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who [...] were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to the stake. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 106:
  5. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
    • The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55% stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5% stake. 2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Eurostar boost as French promise aid”, in RAIL, number 924, page 10:
    • The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
  6. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
  7. 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 hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
  8. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
    • 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. 1910, Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge:

Forms

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stakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

seat at the table

Deriveds

macaroni stake · stakebuilding · stakeholder · merestake · stakeholding · alestake · stakehole · Stake Pool · swoopstake · sweepstake · Stakeford · stake of Zion · stakebed · stakebody · ridstake · pull up stakes · grub-stake · drive a stake through its heart · at stake (wager or pledge) · stake boat · stakenet · stake-driver · maiden stake · stakewall · stakelike · table stakes · corkscrew stake · torture stake · stakehead · burn someone at the stake · grubstake · bougar-stakes

Synonyms

peg (croquet)

Translations (180)

mi titi (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ar رِهَان (wager or pledge) · nl ring (Mormonism: territorial division) · it in palio (wager or pledge) · pt estaca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · pt estaca (Mormonism: territorial division) · es hoguera (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · fr poteau (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · mk колец (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ms galah (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · es implicación (share or interest in a business) · io paliso (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · enm stake (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr enjeu (wager or pledge) · pl kół (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sh kolac (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · pt participação (share or interest in a business) · cs kůl (Mormonism: territorial division) · sl grmada (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · la ridica (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · de Poule (wager or pledge) · mi rirīwai (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · cmn 木樁 /木桩 (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ga cuaille (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ar وَتِد (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · acw خازوق (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · uk кіл (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ca foguera (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · de Anteil (share or interest in a business) · ko 말뚝 (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fi paalu (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ota وتد (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it palo (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru уча́стие (share or interest in a business) · sv påle (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · pl palik (Mormonism: territorial division) · ko 스테이크 (Mormonism: territorial division) · no stake (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fi pieni alasin (small anvil) · es participación (share or interest in a business) · ru кол (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · es estaca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru кол (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ar خَازُوق (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it interesse (share or interest in a business) · sq hu (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru столб (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · nl paal (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru проце́нт (share or interest in a business) · da interessent (share or interest in a business) · ota هرك (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · he יָתֵד (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it posta (wager or pledge) · eo paliseto (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · no aksje (share or interest in a business) · da pæl (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · gd stob (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ro par (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sk kôl (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it sponda (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · sk kôl (Mormonism: territorial division) · de Pfahl (Mormonism: territorial division) · la tālea (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · zza hise (share or interest in a business) · fi tolppa (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · he מְנָיָה (share or interest in a business) · ja(pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · es inversión (share or interest in a business) · ota قازیق (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · fi tolppa (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · it palo (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · ru ко́лышек (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · de Scheiterhaufen (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · fr jalon (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · eo fosto (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · ru щеко́лда (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · de Einsatz (wager or pledge) · pl stawka (wager or pledge) · ar حِصَّة (share or interest in a business) · el παλούκι (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · cs tyčka (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it piolo (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · alt казык (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · mi taki (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru пай (share or interest in a business) · eo paliso (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it palio (wager or pledge) · lb Poul (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · la sudis (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · grc χάραξ (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sl kol (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it stecca (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · ja(pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr pal (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · de Marterpfahl (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · fr tuteur (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fi panos (wager or pledge) · it rogo (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · ca pal (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sh колац (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr pieu (Mormonism: territorial division) · it partecipazione (share or interest in a business) · acw عَامُود (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru подпо́рка (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · hu karó (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · vi cọc (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · tr çıkar (share or interest in a business) · sv stör (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ota قازیق (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · lv miets (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it stecca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · bg ставка (wager or pledge) · grc σταυρός (upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart) · sdn stantagliu (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru кол (Mormonism: territorial division) · pt fogueira (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · la pālus (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · zza qazıq (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru столб (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · bg залог (wager or pledge) · it tutore (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · de Pfahl (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · nl aandeel (share or interest in a business) · sc albaranu (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr mise (wager or pledge) · grc σκόλοψ (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · mi teo (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · cs podíl (share or interest in a business) · la stilus (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru до́ля (share or interest in a business) · fi lopetuskeppi (croquet: finishing stick) · sv påle (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr piquet (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fr piquet (croquet: finishing stick) · it paletto (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · cs kůl (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · got 𐌷𐌽𐌿𐌸𐍉 (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ga stáca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fi vaarna (Mormonism: territorial division) · it in gioco (wager or pledge) · no påle (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · fr participation (share or interest in a business) · gl estaca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · he מוֹקֵד (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · ca estaca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · mi hoka (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sc longupànte (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · sl delež (share or interest in a business) · oc pal (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · eu taketa (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · es estaca (Mormonism: territorial division) · tr kazık (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · oc estaca (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · dsb koł (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · bg кол (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · de Pflock (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · mi tia (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ar مِحْرَقَة (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · es interés (share or interest in a business) · fr pieu (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · no interesse (wager or pledge) · no risiko (wager or pledge) · da stolpe (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · grc σταυρός (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · el πάσσαλος (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · fi osuus (share or interest in a business) · it palo (Mormonism: territorial division) · it picchetto (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · tr pay (share or interest in a business) · mk кол (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · cs kůl (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · ru ста́вка (wager or pledge) · fi paalu (timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned) · nl staak (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · be кол (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · no påle (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · it posta in gioco (wager or pledge) · cs kolík (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · kk қазық (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) · pl pal (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.)

stake en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
    • to stake vines or plants
  2. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
    • “You ladies happen to notice what happened to this vampire? This just happened. Did you see who staked him?” 2014, A. J. Gallant, Dracula: Hearts of Stone:
    • You see, I'd made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always liked the horse. And what does he do but go and stake him—fly at a hedge with stakes in it, atop of a bank with a ditch before it. 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter VIII, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
  3. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
    • I'll ſtake my Lamb that near the Fountain plays, / And from the Brink his dancing Shade ſurveys. 1709 May, Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. Spring. The First Pastoral, or Damon. […]”, in Poetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 725:
  4. (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
    • John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.
    • His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
  5. To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
    • Any peer can participate in the mining process by staking coins in order to validate a new transaction. To become a miner, there are two options; you can stake your coins to be used by a trustworthy node […], or you can submit a full node to be selected as a miner. 2019, Elad Elrom, “Blockchain Basics”, in The Blockchain Developer […] , Apress, →ISBN, page 23:
  6. (obsolete) To stretch leather skin over a piece of iron held knee-height, in preparation to use the skin in the creation of gloves.

Forms

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staking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
staked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
staked Tense=Past lexicographic
stakes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

stake a claim · staker · restake · stake one's life · stakeout · stake out

Synonyms

hazard · bet · wager

Translations (26)

it mettere in gioco (to put at hazard upon the issue of competition) · mi whakatō (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · de hochbinden (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · de pfählen (to pierce or wound with a stake) · mi turupou (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · ru подпира́ть (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · es estacar (to pierce or wound with a stake) · mi taki (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · es machetear (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · bg набивам на кол (to pierce or wound with a stake) · es poner en juego (to put at hazard upon the issue of competition) · es estacar (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · ru укрепи́ть (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · ru ста́вить на кон (to put at hazard upon the issue of competition) · ru укрепля́ть (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · pt estacar (to pierce or wound with a stake) · de anpflocken (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · tr hereklemek (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · bg залагам (to put at hazard upon the issue of competition) · ru ста́вить на карту (to put at hazard upon the issue of competition) · pt estacar (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · gl rodrigar (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · mi hokahoka (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · ru подпере́ть (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · de anbinden (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) · gl estacar (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes)