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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /steɪk/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stake.ogg



Etymology

Old English staca

Noun

  1. 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. : A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --w:Dryden.|Dryden
  3. : A piece of wood driven in the ground used in the game of croquet. The stake, often referred to as the peg, is placed in the middle of the court and is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
  4. 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 off|falling off.
  5. The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
  6. A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").
  7. 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.
  8. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
  9. A territorial division.
  10. : 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. — Schaff-Herzog Encyc.


Derived terms

;timber used in burning by fire


;Mormonism


Related terms

;wager or pledge


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|hu|xs=Albanian}}
  • Catalan: pal , estaca
  • Chinese: 鐵砧, 铁砧
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|kolac|m}}
  • Czech: kůl , tyčka , kolík
  • Dutch: staak
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|pieu|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Pfahl|m}}, {{t+|de|Pflock|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|πάσσαλος|n|sc=Grek}}
  • Hungarian: karó
  • Italian: {{t+|it|palo|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 말뚝
  • Malay: {{t-|ms|galah|xs=Malay}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|pal|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estaca|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|par|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|кол|m|tr=kol|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|столб|m|tr=stolb|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|подпорка|f|tr=podpórka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|estaca|f}}
  • Swedish: stör, påle
  • Turkish:
  • Russian: {{t|ru|щеколда|f|tr=š'ekólda|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|столб|m|tr=stolb|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: påle
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|доля|f|tr=dól'a|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|процент|m|tr=procént|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|участие|n|tr=učástije|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • Polish: stawka
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|ставка|f|tr=stávka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|kůl|m}}

Verb

  1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
  2. To pierce or wound with a stake.
  3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
  4. : I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. --Pope.
  5. In the Context of To provide another with money in order to play.
  6. : John went broke, so in order to play Jill had to stake him


Related terms


Translations

Anagrams


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staked (st[=a]kd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Staking.]
1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake
vines or plants.
[1913 Webster]

2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.
[1913 Webster]

3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
[1913 Webster]

I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stake \Stake\ (st[=a]k), n. [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.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

2. A stick inserted upright in a loop, eye, or mortise, at
the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to
prevent goods from falling off.
[1913 Webster]

3. The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be
burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
[1913 Webster]

4. 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.
[1913 Webster]

5. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked
or hazarded; a pledge.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Mormon Ch.) A territorial division; -- called also {stake
of Zion}.

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. --Schaff-Herzog
Encyc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

At stake, in danger; hazarded; pledged. "I see my
reputation is at stake." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stake
n 1: (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" [syn:
interest]
2: 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" [syn: post]
3: instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a
victim is tied to for burning
4: the money risked on a gamble [syn: stakes, bet, wager]
v 1: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
[syn: venture, hazard, adventure, jeopardize]
2: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting
on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, game,
punt]
3: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: post]
4: tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat"
5: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies
were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale]
Moby Dictionary
Derby , Kentucky Derby , Kreis , Preakness Stakes , absolute interest ,
allotment , allowance , angel , ante , ante up , archbishopric ,
archdiocese , arrondissement , at hazard , at stake , ax , back ,
backing , bailiwick , bank , bankroll , benefit , bet , bet on , big end ,
bigger half , bishopric , bit , bite , block , bond , book , borough ,
bottomry , budget , cage , call , canton , capitalization , capitalize ,
caution , caution money , chain , chance , chase , chunk , circumscribe ,
city , claim , close in , close off , collateral , collateral security ,
column , commission , common , commune , concern , concerned , confine ,
congressional district , constablewick , contingent ,
contingent interest , county , cover , cross , cut , deal , death chair ,
death chamber , deficit financing , define , delimit , delineate ,
demarcate , depart , departement , deposit , destiny , diocese ,
district , dividend , dole , drop , duchy , easement ,
electoral district , electorate , electric chair , emigrate , enclose ,
end , equal share , equitable interest , equity , estate , fade , fasten ,
fate , fence , finance , financial backing , financial support ,
financing , flat race , forfeit , fund , funding , gallows ,
gallows-tree , gamble , game , gas chamber , gibbet , go bail ,
government , grubstake , guillotine , half , halter , halver , hamlet ,
handbook , handicap , handicap race , handsel , harness race , hazard ,
helping , hem in , hemp , hempen collar , hitch , hock , holding ,
horse race , hot seat , hundred , hurdle race , hypothecate ,
impignorate , impound , in jeopardy , interest , investment , involved ,
involvement , jackpot , jeopardize , jeopardized , kitty , lash , lay ,
lay a wager , lay down , leash , leave , leg , lethal chamber ,
limitation , lot , magistracy , maiden , make a bet , margin , mark off ,
mark out , measure , meed , meet a bet , mess , metropolis ,
metropolitan area , migrate , modicum , moiety , mortgage , move on ,
noose , oblast , okrug , on the table , outline , pale , paling ,
palisade , parish , parlay , part , pass , patronization , patronize ,
pawn , pay for , peg , pen , percentage , picket , piece , pike , pile ,
pillar , plate race , play , play against , pledge , plunge , pole , pool ,
portion , post , pot , precinct , principality , proportion ,
provide for , province , provision of capital , pull up stakes , punt ,
purse race , put , put in hock , put in pawn , put up , quantum ,
quarter-horse race , quota , rake-off , ration , refinance , region ,
resettle , riding , right , right of entry , risk , risked , rope ,
scaffold , secure , see , segment , set up , settlement , shank , share ,
sheriffalty , sheriffwick , shire , shot , shrievalty , shut in , slice ,
small share , soke , spike , spile , sponsor , sponsorship , spout ,
stake out , stake race , stakes , stand pat , state , stave ,
steeplechase , stick , stock , strict settlement , subsidize , subsidy ,
support , sweep , sweepstake , sweepstakes , territory , tether ,
the chair , tie up , tiger , title , town , township , tree ,
trotting race , trust , upright , use , venture , vested interest ,
village , wager , wall in , wapentake , ward


FOLDOC @stake

A computer security development group and
consultancy dedicated to researching and documenting security
flaws that exist in operating systems, network
protocols, or software.

@stake publishes information about security flaws through
advisories, research reports, and tools. They release the
information and tools to help system administrators, users,
and software and hardware vendors better secure their
systems.

L0pht merged with @stake in January 2000.

@stake home (http://www.atstake.com/research/redirect.html).

(2003-06-12)


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