a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.

a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning.

the stake, the punishment of death by burning

Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake.

one of a number of vertical posts fitting into sockets or staples on the edge of the platform of a truck or other vehicle, as to retain the load.

Mormon Church . a division of ecclesiastical territory, consisting of a number of wards presided over by a president and two counselors.

sett ( def. 2 ) .

to mark with or as if with stakes (often fol. by off or out )

We staked out the boundaries of the garden.

to possess, claim, or reserve a share of (land, profit, glory, etc.) as if by marking or bounding with stakes (usually fol. by out or off )

I'm staking out ten percent of the profit for myself.

to separate or close off by a barrier of stakes.

to support with a stake or stakes, as a plant

to stake tomato vines.

to tether or secure to a stake, as an animal

They staked the goat in the back yard.

to fasten with a stake or stakes. ?

stake out,

to keep (a suspect) under police surveillance.

to appoint (a police officer) to maintain constant watch over a suspect or place. ?

pull up stakes, Informal . to leave one's job, place of residence

etc.; move

They pulled up stakes and went to California.

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whole

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pale , paling , picket , post , rod , spike , stave , stick , ante , chance , hazard , peril , pledge , pot , risk , venture , award , claim , concern , interest , involvement , prize , purse , wager , portion , title , backing , capitalization , financing , funding , grubstake , subsidization

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back , bankroll * , capitalize , chance , finance , gamble , game , grubstake , hazard , imperil , jeopardize , lay , play , pledge , put , put on , risk , set , stake down , venture , bet , post , wager , fund , subsidize , ante , bankroll , claim , interest , investment , kitty , loot , marker , pale , picket , pile , pole , pool , pot , prize , purse , reward , share , spike , sponsor , stick , take , winnings