stake
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4.8
- noun
- /steɪk/
:
estaca
- Some gauges come with stakes to stick in the ground.
- drive a stake
- wooden stakes
- burn at the stake
It's like blowing over because the stake that was holding it up broke.
- It's like blowing over because the stake that was holding it up broke.
- Now these, some call them survey stakes, others call them one by ones.
- We had set fire to the stake where we burnt the laws and values of the civilized world.
- But I'll tell you today or yesterday when this was announced marks a stake in the ground that says Airbnb's days might be limited.
- But could she not, like, just place the stake in an obscure location that isn't defiling someone's grave?
- And in the Middle Ages they would burn witches at a stake.
- And yeah, it's a an iron stake of perspective sort of stabbed through the middle of a lot of your assumptions about yourself.
Examples
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Quickly, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake.
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We wanted it to be fairly straight, so I went and put a stake every six feet along this whole run of measuring tape.
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Now these, some call them survey stakes, others call them one by ones.
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These are little stakes, little decorative stakes.
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For several days, we made seventy-five stakes, and sometimes more, because Mr. Christiansen was always very kind to us.
Academic text (2008) -
The carpenter used a wooden stake to secure the fence in place.
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To set up the tent, we needed to drive several stakes into the ground.
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During the project, he placed a stake every few meters to mark the boundary.
Synonyms
99
1.0
A long pole set upright in the ground to support or mark
13
7.1
A heavy post made of wood, steel or concrete driven deep into the ground to support a bridge
2
6.2
A post with a ring used to tie a horse outside
1
2.0
A strong post standing in the ground to hold a fence
1
7.2
A fence made of thin upright wooden and metal stakes or one of those stakes
A long post people drive into the ground to support a building or wall
A short straight wooden stick used as a marker or support
A tall pole that holds telephone or telegraph wires
Idioms
- NSFW
12
9.8
To tie a person to a stake and burn them as punishment or to strongly criticize them in public
- Informal
To risk all your money because you are sure something will happen
Compounds
- NSFW
5
9.9
A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment
- US
A brown wading bird like a small heron that lives in reeds and makes a loud booming call
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Etymology
Stake as a noun first meant a strong wooden 'post' or sharp stick driven into the ground. That is why a stake marks where fences go, supports plants, or shows a point on the land.