stake
/steɪk/
Misollar
- Tie the goat to the stake.
- Kalman was burnt at the stake.
- The entire world is at stake.
- Please explain what's at stake.
- There is too much at stake.
- Tie your horse to that stake.
ot noun
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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.
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(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.
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A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
- 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.
fe’l verb
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To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
to stake vines or plants
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To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
- To pierce or wound with a stake.
- To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.