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| stake [ stayk ] |
noun (plural stakes) |
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1. thin pointed post in ground: a thin wooden or metal post that is driven into the ground to mark or support something
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2. post to tie somebody to: a wooden post to which somebody was tied and burned in an old form of execution
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3. form of execution: the method of execution in which somebody was tied to a post and burned
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4. post that retains load: an independent upright post inserted into sockets of a flat wagon or truck to keep long loads such as logs in place
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5. Mormon Church district: an administrative district in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that consists of wards, each governed by a president and two counselors
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verb (past and past participle staked, present participle stak·ing, 3rd person present singular stakes) |
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1. transitive verb support or strengthen something with stake: to support or strengthen something using a stake
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2. transitive verb tether something to stake: to tie or tether something to a stake
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3. intransitive verb mark or fence area with stakes: to mark out, confine, or fence off an area using stakes driven into the ground around the boundary
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4. transitive verb assert something: to assert something, usually rights, over something such as an area of land
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| [ Old English staca< Germanic, "stick, pole"] |
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(pull) up stakes to leave and move to another place
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