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stake
1[ steyk ]
noun
- a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
- a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning.
- the stake, the punishment of death by burning:
Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake.
- one of a number of vertical posts fitting into sockets or staples on the edge of the platform of a truck or other vehicle, as to retain the load.
- Mormon Church. a division of ecclesiastical territory, consisting of a number of wards presided over by a president and two counselors.
verb (used with object)
- to mark with or as if with stakes (often followed by off or out ):
We staked out the boundaries of the garden.
- to possess, claim, or reserve a share of (land, profit, glory, etc.) as if by marking or bounding with stakes (usually followed by out or off ):
I'm staking out ten percent of the profit for myself.
- to separate or close off by a barrier of stakes.
- to support with a stake or stakes, as a plant:
to stake tomato vines.
- to tether or secure to a stake, as an animal:
They staked the goat in the back yard.
- to fasten with a stake or stakes.
verb phrase
- to keep (a suspect) under police surveillance.
- to appoint (a police officer) to maintain constant watch over a suspect or place.
stake
2[ steyk ]
noun
- something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
Synonyms: ,
- a monetary or commercial interest, investment, share, or involvement in something, as in hope of gain:
I have a big stake in the success of the firm.
- a personal or emotional concern, interest, involvement, or share:
Parents have a big stake in their children's happiness.
- the funds with which a gambler operates.
- Often stakes. a prize, reward, increase in status, etc., in or as if in a contest.
Synonyms: ,
- stakes. Poker. the cash values assigned to the various colored chips, various bets, and raises:
Our stakes are 5, 10, and 25 cents: you can bet out 10 cents on a pair and reraise twice at 25 cents.
- a grubstake.
verb (used with object)
- to risk (something), as upon the result of a game or the occurrence or outcome of any uncertain event, venture, etc.:
He staked his reputation on the success of the invention.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to furnish (someone) with necessaries or resources, especially money:
They staked me to a good meal and a train ticket.
stake
1/ 蝉迟别瑟办 /
noun
- a stick or metal bar driven into the ground as a marker, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc
- one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place
- a method or the practice of executing a person by binding him to a stake in the centre of a pile of wood that is then set on fire
- Mormon Church an administrative district consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president
- pull up stakesto leave one's home or temporary resting place and move on
verb
- to tie, fasten, or tether with or to a stake
- often foll byout or off to fence or surround with stakes
- often foll by out to lay (a claim) to land, rights, etc
- to support with a stake
stake
2/ 蝉迟别瑟办 /
noun
- the money or valuables that a player must hazard in order to buy into a gambling game or make a bet
- an interest, often financial, held in something
a stake in the company's future
- often plural the money that a player has available for gambling
- often plural a prize in a race, etc, esp one made up of contributions from contestants or owners
- plural horse racing a race in which all owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money
- informal.short for grubstake
- at stakeat risk
two lives are at stake
- raise the stakes
- to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game
- to increase the costs, risks, or considerations involved in taking an action or reaching a conclusion
the Libyan allegations raised the stakes in the propaganda war between Libya and the United States
verb
- to hazard (money, etc) on a result
- to invest in or support by supplying with money, etc
to stake a business enterprise
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of stake1
Origin of stake2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of stake1
Origin of stake2
Idioms and Phrases
- at stake, in danger of being lost, as something that has been wagered; critically involved.
- pull up stakes, Informal. to leave one's job, place of residence, etc.; move:
They pulled up stakes and went to California.
More idioms and phrases containing stake
- at stake
- burn at the stake
- have a stake in
- pull up stakes
Example Sentences
It鈥檚 nothing new: for decades now, uncertainty has been leveraged by those with an economic stake in the fossil fuel-powered status quo.
I think the stakes have been so high for the last 10 years.
It鈥檚 a film in which the mythic crashes into the ridiculous, the intersection where its star Nicolas Cage has also staked his career.
In a series of opinions, he has staked out the view that denying public funding to religious groups violates the 1st Amendment and its protection for the 鈥渇ree exercise鈥 of religion.
Labour backbenchers in Cardiff Bay are also aware of what is at stake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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