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stake1
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- pronunciation:
- steIk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- pull up stakes, stake out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a sharpened or pointed post designed to be driven into the ground, as for a marker or support, or part of a fence.
We used stakes to hold our tent in place.- synonyms:
- peg, picket, pile, post
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| definition 2: |
formerly, a large post to which someone sentenced to death by burning was bound.
The "witch" was sentenced to be burned at the stake. |
| definition 3: |
the punishment of being executed by burning.
She was sentenced to the stake for witchcraft. |
| related words: |
bar |
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| phrase: |
pull up stakes |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
stakes, staking, staked |
| definition 1: |
to designate as a claim, boundary, or property, using or as if using stakes (often fol. by "off" or "out").
The soldiers staked out an area that could be used for a camp.We went ahead and staked out a good spot on the beach.- synonyms:
- circumscribe, delimit, demarcate, mark off, picket
- similar words:
- bound, define, enclose, fence, girdle
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| definition 2: |
to give support to by tying to, or leaning against, a stake.
He staked the bean plant.- synonyms:
- brace, prop, stay, support
- similar words:
- lash, moor, secure, tether, tie
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| definition 3: |
to attach or tie to, or secure with, a stake.
We staked the goat outside the barn.- synonyms:
- peg, tether
- similar words:
- hitch, lash, moor, post, tie
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| related words: |
circumscribe |
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| phrase: |
stake out |
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