Word: Stake
How to pronounce: steɪk
Noun
Definitions:
1. A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a tree, form part of a fence, act as a boundary mark, etc.
Example sentences: "A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone were balanced on the track in a blatant act of sabotage."
2. A metalworker's small anvil, typically with a projection for fitting into a socket on a bench.
Example sentences: "It is also to be observed that of the two hammer-like instruments found together in the Harty hoard one is much larger than the other, and may have formed the head of a stake or anvil, while the other served as a hammer."
3. A territorial division of the Mormon Church under the jurisdiction of a president.
Example sentences: "Congregations are organized into stakes and districts, which belong to a temple district."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Support (a plant) with a stake or stakes.
Example sentences: "The gladioli were staked in gaudy ranks"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A sum of money or something else of value gambled on the outcome of a risky game or venture.
Example sentences: "Playing dice for high stakes"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.
Example sentences: "One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost"
2. Give financial or other support to.
Synonyms:
share
stakes
interest
peg
post
wager
bet
put
impale
lay
gamble
play
hazard
Antonyms:
divide
Derivations:
staked
staking
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Stake in Other Languages...
Spanish: Participación
German: Anteil
French: Enjeu
Italian: Palo
Turkish: Tehlike
