stake
/steɪk/ verb C2- To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes. · to stake vines or plants
- To pierce or wound with a stake.
- To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
- To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture. · John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.· His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
- To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
He/she/it stakes · Past staked · Past participle staked · -ing form staking
Verb forms
- Base form
- stake
- He/she/it
- stakes
- Past
- staked
- Past participle
- staked
- -ing form
- staking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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By good luck you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City.”
That sharp stake at the landing had torn off the strip of batting nailed on the flat.
Your own safety at stake.—Pierrot.
“I think you will find,” said Sherlock Holmes, “that you will play for a higher stake to-night than you have ever done yet, and that the play will be more exciting.
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