Definition of stake Stake
/stejˈk/ - [steyk] - stake
We found 36 definitions of stake from 8 different sources.
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What does stake mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: stakes |
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| stake - the money risked on a gamble | ||
| stakes, bet, wager | ||
| gamble a risky act or venture | ||
| pool any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | ||
| jackpot, kitty, pot any outstanding award | ||
| ante (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot | ||
| stake - instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning | ||
| instrument of execution an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person | ||
| stake - a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground | ||
| stake - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" | ||
| interest | ||
| percentage, share, portion, part a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| grubstake funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits | ||
| controlling interest ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares | ||
| insurable interest an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy; an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured | ||
| vested interest groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit | ||
| security interest any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation | ||
| terminable interest an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions | ||
| undivided interest, undivided right the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property | ||
| fee an interest in land capable of being inherited | ||
| equity the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation | ||
| reversion turning in the opposite direction | ||
| stake - a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" | ||
| post | ||
| visual signal a signal that involves visual communication | ||
| starting post a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race) | ||
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| stake - mark with a stake; "stake out the path" | ||
| post | ||
| mark make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" | ||
| stake - tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat" | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| stake - put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" | ||
| venture, hazard, adventure, jeopardize | ||
| lay on the line, put on the line, risk expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" | ||
| stake - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" | ||
| bet on, back, gage, game, punt | ||
| wager, bet, play maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!" | ||
| ante place one's stake | ||
| parlay, double up stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | ||
| stake - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" | ||
| impale | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| pierce make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- stake (Noun)
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. - stake (Noun)
A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark. - stake (Noun)
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 fall falling off . - stake (Noun)
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned. - stake (Noun)
A share or interest in a business or a given situation in the sense "stake a claim". - stake (Noun)
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. - stake (Noun)
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. - stake (Noun)
A territorial division comprising all the Mormons typically several thousand in a geographical area. - stake (Verb)
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. - stake (Verb)
To pierce or wound with a stake. - stake (Verb)
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. - stake (Verb)
To provide another with money in order to play.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stake (v. t.)
A piece of wood, 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. - stake (v. t.)
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. - stake (v. t.)
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. - stake (v. t.)
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. - stake (v. t.)
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. - stake (v. t.)
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. - stake (v. t.)
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. - stake (v. t.)
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. - stake (v. t.)
To pierce or wound with a stake.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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stake
Long piece of wood which is pointed at one end.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stake
stāk, n. a strong stick pointed at one end: one of the upright pieces of a fence: a post to which an animal is tied, esp. that to which a martyr was tied to be burned: martyrdom: a tinsmith's anvil: anything pledged in a wager: a prize, anything to gain or lose.—v.t. to fasten, or pierce with a stake: to mark the bounds of with stakes (often with off and out): to wager, to hazard.—ns. Stake′-hold′er, the person with whom the stakes in a wager are deposited; Stake′-net, a form of fishing-net hung on stakes.—At stake, hazarded, in danger. [A.S. staca, a stake.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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stake
An ill stake standeth longest.
Wikipedia 
- A stake is a long wooden pole. The Catolic Church used it to fix victims to it. Those were witches and warlocks to be burnt, usually for witchcraft.
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