stake

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /steɪk/ Homophone: steak Rhymes: -eɪk === Noun === stake (plural stakes) 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 marker or a support or stay. (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet. A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned. A share or interest in a business or a given situation. Coordinate term: seat at the table That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. 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 hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area. ==== Synonyms ==== (croquet): peg ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stake (third-person singular simple present stakes, present participle staking, simple past and past participle staked) (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency. Synonyms: bet, hazard, wager (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture. (cryptocurrencies) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “stake”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Keast, Keats, Skate, Skeat, kates, ketas, skate, steak, takes, teaks == Dutch == === Verb === stake (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of steken (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of staken === Anagrams === kaste == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English staca, from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô. ==== Alternative forms ==== staak, stack, stak ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈstaːk(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== stake (plural stakes) A stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or support. A fencepost; a stake used in concert to form a barrier. A branch or bough; an extension of a tree. A stave or stick; a cut (and often shaped) piece of wood. (rare) A prickle or splint. (rare) A metal bar or pole. (rare) A stabbing feeling. ===== Derived terms ===== staken stakyng ===== Descendants ===== English: stake Scots: stak, staik → Irish: stáca, staic ===== References ===== “stāke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 December 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== stake alternative form of staken == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish staki, from Old Norse staki, from Proto-Germanic *stakô, from Proto-Indo-European *steg-. === Noun === stake c synonym of ljusstake (“candlestick; candelabrum”) (colloquial, vulgar) a hard-on (penile erection) Synonyms: (colloquial) ståfräs, (colloquial) fjong, (colloquial) bånge, stånd (slang, uncountable) balls; courage, assertiveness ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ljusstake adventsljusstake === References === “stake”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stake”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stake”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Fula Ordboken === Anagrams === steka