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Definition stake

Etymology

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake.

Noun

stake (plural stakes)

  1. 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.
  2. (croquet) 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.
  3. A stick 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.
  4. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
  5. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
  6. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
  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 hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
  8. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

Verb

stake (third-person singular simple present stakes, present participle staking, simple past and past participle staked)

  1. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
  2. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
  3. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
  4. (transitive) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.

Results 464 Words with the letters STAKE

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10 letter words with the letters STAKE 
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6 letter words with the letters STAKE 
BASKET 13
CASKET 13
GASKET 12
LATKES 11
SKATED 11
SKATER 10
SKATES 10
STAKED 11
STAKES 10
STEAKS 10
STRAKE 10
STREAK 10
TAKERS 10
TASKED 11
TWEAKS 13
5 letter words with the letters STAKE 
4 letter words with the letters STAKE 
ATES 4
EAST 4
EATS 4
ETAS 4
KAES 8
KATS 8
KEAS 8
SAKE 8
SATE 4
SEAT 4
SETA 4
SKAT 8
TAKE 8
TASK 8
TEAK 8
TEAS 4
3 letter words with the letters STAKE 
ASK 7
ATE 3
EAT 3
ETA 3
KAE 7
KAS 7
KAT 7
KEA 7
SAE 3
SAT 3
SEA 3
SET 3
SKA 7
TAE 3
TAS 3
TEA 3
TSK 7
2 letter words with the letters STAKE 
AE 2
AS 2
AT 2
ES 2
ET 2
KA 6
TA 2

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