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Meaning:
Noun:
- 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 support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
- A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense ''"stake a claim"'').
- A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark
- 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 upon, etc.
- A falling off.
- That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
- Mormon A territorial division.
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Verb:
- transitive|poker To provide another with money in order to play.
- transitive To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
- transitive To pierce or wound with a stake.
- transitive To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
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