stake
stake
steÉĒk
steik
/stˈe‍ÉĒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stake"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž

to tie or fasten something or someone securely to a stake for stability or control
Transitive: to stake sb/sth
to stake definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tents were staked securely to the ground to withstand the strong winds.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāρāĻŦ⧁āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to risk or place money or valuables on the outcome of an event
Transitive: to stake a sum of money on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to stake their savings on the poker game.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to put something in a position where it is vulnerable to loss, harm, or failure
Transitive: to stake an abstract possession on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company staked its future on the success of the new technology.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ• āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋

to set or define the boundaries or limits of an area by placing markers
Transitive: to stake an area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team staked the field to show where the playing area began and ended.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to pierce or injure someone or something by driving a pointed stake through it
Transitive: to stake sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The executioner staked the prisoner as a form of punishment.
āϜāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāĻĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āϕ⧀āϞāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ

an amount of money invested in a business
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The venture capitalist decided to increase their stake in the biotech firm after positive clinical trial results.
āϭ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻŸā§‡āĻ• āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a vertical post used historically for execution by burning

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In medieval times, heretics were burned at the stake.
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a post set up to mark a boundary, starting line, or finishing line

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Garden stakes were used to outline the planting rows.
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a strong post with a pointed end designed to be driven into the ground

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wooden stakes held up the young trees.
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money risked in gambling

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Every player increased their stake as the game continued.
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a legal or financial interest or right in something

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The contract confirmed her stake in the property.
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