Meaning of Stake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. 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 marker or a support or stay.
3. A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
4. A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
5. The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
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6. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
7. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
8. 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 hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
9. A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
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Examples

“We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”

“A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.”

“Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.”

“However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who [...] were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to the stake.”

“The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.”

“The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55% stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5% stake.”

“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.”

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