Stake

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.
   with-definite-article
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.
   Mormonism

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةالحصّةبرنيةبرينةحصةخازوقخطررِهَانمحرقةوتد+ 6 more

Българскизалогколставка

BosanskiintereskarokolackulnoćpalepaliopaloparpoštaPularingзалогколацпроцентставка+ 13 more

Catalàestacapal

Češtinakolikkůlpodíltyčka+ 1 more

Danskinteressent

Ελληνικάπαλούκιπάσσαλος

Esperantofostopalisetopaliso

Suomikatkolopetuskeppiosuuspaalupanosseivästeikkitolppatukiseiväsvaarnavedonlyöntikohde+ 8 more

Gaeilgecuaillestaca

Gàidhligcabarpoststobtaisg+ 1 more

Galegoarxónespetoestacaesteoforquetaposterodrigar+ 4 more

עבריתיתדמוֹקֵדמניה

हिन्दीखूंटासूली

HrvatskiintereskarokolackulnoćpalepaliopaloparpoštaPularingзалогколацпроцентставка+ 13 more

Magyarkáró

Bahasa Indonesiaajirpokoktunggul

Italianoin giocoin paliointeressemettere in giocopalettopaliopalopartecipazionepicchettopiolopostaposta in giocorogospondasteccatutore+ 13 more

日本語くい持分杭栱棒樁+ 3 more

Қазақ тіліқазық

한국어말말뚝스테이크지분+ 1 more

Kurdîajîrhûkolikkulmişepalpalepalikparring+ 7 more

Latinacippuspaluspignusridicasaeptumstilussudistāleatrudisvallus+ 7 more

LëtzebuergeschPoul

Latviešumiets

Te Reo Māorihokapoutiatumu+ 1 more

Македонскиколколец

Bahasa Melayugalah

Nederlandsaandeelpaalringstaak+ 1 more

Polskikółpalpalikpulasłupekstawka+ 3 more

Portuguêsestacaestacarfogueiraparticipação+ 1 more

Românăpar

Русскийдоляколколышекпайподперетьподпиратьподпо́ркапроцентста́вить на картуста́вить на конставкастолбукрепитьукреплятьучастиещеколда+ 13 more

Shqiphu

СрпскиintereskarokolackulnoćpalepaliopaloparpoštaPularingзалогколацпроцентставка+ 13 more

Svenskapålestör

ไทยเสา

Türkçeçıkarhereklemekkazıkpay+ 1 more

Українськакіл

Tiếng Việtcốcnọc

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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