ALL meanings of stake
stake
S s - noun stake something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest. 1
- noun stake 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. 1
- noun stake a personal or emotional concern, interest, involvement, or share: Parents have a big stake in their children's happiness. 1
- noun stake the funds with which a gambler operates. 1
- noun stake Often, stakes. a prize, reward, increase in status, etc., in or as if in a contest. 1
- noun stake 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. 1
- noun stake a grubstake. 1
- abbreviation STAKE stick 1
- verb with object stake 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. 1
- noun stake post 1
- verb with object stake to furnish (someone) with necessaries or resources, especially money: They staked me to a good meal and a train ticket. 1
- noun stake finance: interest in 1
- idioms stake at stake, in danger of being lost, as something that has been wagered; critically involved. 1
- noun stake finance: ownership 1
- noun stake gambling 1
- noun stake pyre 1
- noun,plural stake racing prize 1
- transitive verb stake secure with poles 1
- transitive verb stake plant: tether to support 1
- transitive verb stake invest, finance 1
- verb transitive stake to support (a plant, etc.) by tying to a stake 0
- verb transitive stake to hitch or tether to a stake 0
- verb transitive stake to risk or hazard; gamble; bet 0
- verb transitive stake to furnish with money or resources 0
- noun plural stake The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost. 0
- verb stake If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it. 0
- countable noun stake If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. 0
- noun plural stake You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes. 0
- countable noun stake A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree. 0
- noun stake a stick or metal bar driven into the ground as a marker, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc 0
- noun stake one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place 0
- noun stake 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 0
- noun stake an administrative district consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president 0
- verb stake to tie, fasten, or tether with or to a stake 0
- verb stake to fence or surround with stakes 0
- verb stake to lay (a claim) to land, rights, etc 0
- verb stake to support with a stake 0
- noun stake the money or valuables that a player must hazard in order to buy into a gambling game or make a bet 0
- noun stake an interest, often financial, held in something 0
- noun stake the money that a player has available for gambling 0
- noun stake a prize in a race, etc, esp one made up of contributions from contestants or owners 0
- noun stake a race in which all owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money 0
- verb stake to hazard (money, etc) on a result 0
- verb stake to invest in or support by supplying with money, etc 0
- noun stake a length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc. 0
- noun stake the post to which a person was tied for execution by burning 0
- noun stake execution by burning 0
- noun stake a pole or post fitted upright into a socket, as at the edge of a railway flatcar, truck bed, etc. to help hold a load 0
- noun stake something, esp. money, bet, as in a wager, game, or contest 0
- noun stake a reward given a winner, as in a race; prize 0