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

Definitions

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
4. transitive 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.
5. transitive verb. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
6. transitive verb. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
7. transitive verb. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
8. transitive verb. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
9. transitive verb. To pierce or wound with a stake.
10. noun. a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
11. noun. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
12. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: post

13. noun. (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"

    Synonyms: interest

14. noun. the money risked on a gamble

    Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager

15. verb. place a bet on

    "Which horse are you backing?"

    "I'm betting on the new horse"

    Synonyms: back, gage, game, punt

16. verb. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

    "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

    Synonyms: impale

17. verb. mark with a stake

    "stake out the path"

    Synonyms: post

18. verb. tie or fasten to a stake

    "stake your goat"

19. verb. put at risk

    "I will stake my good reputation for this"

    Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture

Synonyms

post, interest, bet, stakes, wager, back, gage, game, punt, impale, adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stake:

keats, ketas, skate, skeat, steak, takes, teaks

Common word forms

staked, staker, stakes, staking

Words from these letters

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