ALL meanings of the stake
the stake
T t - noun the stake 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. 1
- noun the stake a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning. 1
- noun the stake the stake, the punishment of death by burning: Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake. 1
- noun 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. 1
- noun the stake Mormon Church. a division of ecclesiastical territory, consisting of a number of wards presided over by a president and two counselors. 1
- noun the stake sett (def 2). 1
- verb with object the stake to mark with or as if with stakes (often followed by off or out): We staked out the boundaries of the garden. 1
- verb with object the stake to possess, claim, or reserve a share of (land, profit, glory, etc.) as if by marking or bounding with stakes (usually followed by out or off): I'm staking out ten percent of the profit for myself. 1
- verb with object the stake to separate or close off by a barrier of stakes. 1
- verb with object the stake to support with a stake or stakes, as a plant: to stake tomato vines. 1
- verb with object the stake to tether or secure to a stake, as an animal: They staked the goat in the back yard. 1
- verb with object the stake to fasten with a stake or stakes. 1
- idioms the stake pull up stakes, Informal. to leave one's job, place of residence, etc.; move: They pulled up stakes and went to California. 1