Definitions for stake
steɪkstake

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. interest, stakenoun

   (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"

2. post, stakenoun

   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"

3. stakenoun

   instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning

4. stake, stakes, bet, wagernoun

   the money risked on a gamble

5. stakeverb

   a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

6. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

   put at risk

   "I will stake my good reputation for this"

7. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb

   place a bet on

   "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

8. stake, postverb

   mark with a stake

   "stake out the path"

9. stakeverb

   tie or fasten to a stake

   "stake your goat"

10. impale, stakeverb

    kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

    "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. stakenoun

   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.

2. stakenoun

   A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark

3. stakenoun

   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.

4. stakenoun

   The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.

5. stakenoun

   A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").

6. stakenoun

   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.

7. stakenoun

   That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

8. stakenoun

   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. uE000120035uE001 Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

9. stakeverb

   To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.

10. stakeverb

    To pierce or wound with a stake.

11. stakeverb

    To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.

    I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. -- Alexander Pope.

12. stakeverb

    To provide another with money in order to play.

    John went broke, so in order to play Jill had to stake him

13. Etymology: Old English staca

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stakenoun

   Etymology: staca , Saxon; staeck, Dutch; estaca, Spanish.

   1. A post or strong stick fixed in the ground.

   The more I shaked the stake, which he had planted in the ground of my heart, the deeper still it sunk into it. Philip Sidney.

   His credit in the world might stand the poor town in great stead, as hitherto their ministers foreign estimation hath been the best stake in their hedge. Richard Hooker.

   He wanted pikes to set before his archers;
   Instead whereof sharp stakes, pluckt out of hedges,
   They pitched in the ground. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   In France the grapes that make the wine grow upon low vines bound to small stakes, and the raised vines in arbors make but verjuice. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   Or sharpen stakes, or head the forks, or twine
   The sallow twigs to tie the straggling vine. Dryden.

   2. A piece of wood.

   While he whirl’d in fiery circles round
   The brand, a sharpen’d stake strong Dryas found,
   And in the shoulder’s joint inflicts the wound. Dryden.

   3. Any thing placed as a palisade or fence.

   That hollow I should know: what are you, speak?
   Come not too near, you fall on iron stakes else. John Milton.

   4. The post to which a beast is tied to be baited.

   We are at the stake,
   And bay’d about with many enemies. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

   Have you not set mine honour at the stake,
   And baited it with all th’ unmuzzled thoughts
   That tyrannous heart can think? William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

   5. Any thing pledged or wagered. I know not well whence it has this meaning.

   ’Tis time short pleasure now to take,
   Of little life the best to make,
   And manage wisely the last stake. Abraham Cowley.

   O then, what interest shall I make
   To save my last important stake,
   When the most just have cause to quake! Wentworth Dillon.

   He ventures little for so great a stake. More.

   Th’ increasing sound is borne to either shore,
   And for their stakes the throwing nations fear. Dryden.

   The game was so contrived, that one particular cast took up the whole stake; and when some others came up, you laid down. Arbuthnot.

   6. The state of being hazarded, pledged, or wagered.

   When he heard that the lady Margaret was declared for it, he saw plainly that his kingdom must again be put to the stake, and that he must fight for it. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Are not our liberties, our lives,
   The laws, religion, and our wives,
   Enough at once to lie at stake,
   For cov’nant and the cause’s sake? Hudibras.

   Of my crown thou too much care do’st take;
   That which I value more, my love’s at stake. Dryden.

   Hath any of you a great interest at stake in a distant part of the world? Hath he ventured a good share of his fortune? Francis Atterbury.

   Every moment Cato’s life’s at stake. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   7.The stake is a small anvil, which stands upon a small iron foot on the work-bench, to remove as occasion offers; or else it hath a strong iron spike at the bottom let into some place of the work-bench, not to be removed. Its office is to set small cold work straight upon, or to cut or punch upon with the cold chissel or cold punch. Joseph Moxon Mech. Exer.

2. To Stakeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To fasten, support, or defend with posts set upright.

   Stake and bind up your weakest plants and flowers against the winds, before they in a moment prostrate a whole year’s labour. John Evelyn, Kalendar.

   2. To wager; to hazard; to put to hazard.

   Is a man betrayed in his nearest concerns? The cause is, he relied upon the services of a pack of villains, who designed nothing but their own game, and to stake him while they play’d for themselves. South.

   Persons, after their prisons have been flung open, have chosen rather to languish in their dungeons than stake their miserable lives on the success of a revolution. Addison.

   They durst not stake their present and future happiness on their own chimerical imaginations. Addison.

   I’ll stake yon’ lamb that near the fountain plays,
   And from the brink his dancing shade surveys. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stake

   Stake, formerly known as Steak Number Eight, is a post-metal/sludge metal band based in Wevelgem, Belgium. Their music is a combination of post-rock and sludge metal, and is influenced by bands like Pelican, Isis, Sunn O))) and Amenra.

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1. stake

   A stake is an interest, involvement, or investment in an undertaking or situation, with the risk of loss if it fails, and the expectation of gain if it succeeds. It can also refer to a strong upright support or post, often used in reference to a piece of pointed wood or metal that can be driven into the ground.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stakeverb

   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

2. Stakeverb

   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

3. Stakeverb

   the piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire

4. Stakeverb

   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

5. Stakeverb

   that which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge

6. Stakeverb

   to fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants

7. Stakeverb

   to mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road

8. Stakeverb

   to put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge

9. Stakeverb

   to pierce or wound with a stake

10. Etymology: [AS. staca, from the root of E. stick; akin to OFries. & LG. stake, D. staak, Sw. stake, Dan. stage. See Stick, v. t., and cf. Estacade, Stockade.]

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1. Stake

   A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. A stake is approximately comparable to a deanery in the Catholic Church, or perhaps to a diocese, in some Christian denominations. The name "stake" derives from the verse "enlarge the place of thy tent; stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes". A stake is sometimes referred to as a stake of Zion.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STAKE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stake is ranked #26110 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Stake surname appeared 938 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stake.
   
   92% or 863 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.6% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   1% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.9% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Fasten
   • Instrument Of Execution
   • Kill
   • Law
   • Mark
   • Risk
   • Share

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stake' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4627

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stake' in Nouns Frequency: #1431

Anagrams for stake »

1. Keats

2. skate

3. steak

4. takes

How to pronounce stake?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say stake in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stake in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of stake in a Sentence

1. David Petraeus:

   They have, to a degree, been both part of Iraq's salvation but also the most serious threat to the all-important effort of once again getting the Sunni Arab population in Iraq to feel that it has a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure, longer term, Iranian-backed Shia militia could emerge as the preeminent power in the country, one that is outside the control of the government and instead answerable to Tehran.

2. Kaillie Humphries:

   A lot is at stake. For me personally. My entire career is at stake, who I am personally. I'm risking everything to be in this position, it's not something I take lightly. So yeah, for me personally there's a lot at stake.

3. Kenan Yavuz:

   We have a 65 percent stake in the company and sometimes consider a sale that would not bring the stake below 51 percent. The timing of a sale has not been decided but could be considered this year.

4. Benjamin Disraeli:

   Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

5. Charles Dickens:

   'Out upon merry Christmas What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer... If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his won pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should'

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