Dictionary Entry
stake
stake is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses
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- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- 6transitive verb
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
- 7transitive verb
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
- 8transitive verb
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
- 9transitive verb
To pierce or wound with a stake.
- 10noun
a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- 11noun
instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- 12noun
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"
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- 13noun
(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"
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- 14noun
the money risked on a gamble
- 15verb
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"
"I'm betting on the new horse"
- 16verb
kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
"the enemies were impaled and left to die"
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- 17verb
mark with a stake
"stake out the path"
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- 18verb
tie or fasten to a stake
"stake your goat"
- 19verb
put at risk
"I will stake my good reputation for this"
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