staked
Variant of stake
stake
definition
stake (stāk)
noun
- a length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc.
- the post to which a person was tied for execution by burning
- execution by burning
- a pole or post fitted upright into a socket, as at the edge of a railway flatcar, truck bed, etc. to help hold a load
- something, esp. money, bet, as in a wager, game, or contest
- a reward given a winner, as in a race; prize
- a race in which a prize is offered
- a share or interest, as in property, a person, or a business venture
- ☆ Mormon Ch. a geographical area made up of a number of wards
- ☆ Informal grubstake
Etymology: ME < OE staca, akin to Frank *stakka: see stick
transitive verb staked, staking stak′·ing
- ☆
- to mark the location or boundaries of with or as with stakes
- to establish (a claim) in this way: often with out
- to support (a plant, etc.) by tying to a stake
- to hitch or tether to a stake
Etymology: infl. by MDu staken, to fix, place
to risk or hazard; gamble; bet- Informal to furnish with money or resources
- ☆ Informal grubstake
stake Idioms
at stake
being risked or hazarded; in danger of being lost, injured, etc.
pull up stakes
☆Informal to change one's place of residence, business, etc.
stake out
- to station (police officers, detectives, etc.) for surveillance of a suspected criminal, a place, etc.
- to put (a suspected criminal, a place, etc.) under such surveillance
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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