Crossword-Solution: STAKE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stake | v. t. | A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. |
| Stake | v. t. | A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off. |
| Stake | v. t. | The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. |
| Stake | v. t. | A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. |
| Stake | v. t. | That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. |
| Stake | v. t. | To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. |
| Stake | v. t. | To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. |
| Stake | v. t. | To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. |
| Stake | v. t. | To pierce or wound with a stake. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STAKE | anagram | KATES, KEATS, KETAS, SKATE, SKEAT, STEAK, TAKES, TEAKS |
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Sentences with STAKE (5)
That reputation was at stake; and had he sent me—a boy about sixteen years old—to the public whipping-post, his reputation would have been lost; so, to save his reputation, he suffered me to go unpunished.
The law made no provision to grub-stake vagrants, so after the constable had detained the tramp for twentyfour hours, he released him and told him to “get out of town, and get quick.” The fellow’s rattlesnakes had been killed by the saloon keeper.
The Master inside of you is then satisfied, contented, comfortable; there was _no other_ thing at stake, as a matter of _first_ interest, anywhere in the transaction.
Even had there been no bitter recollections, nor any hostile interest now at stake between them, the mere natural repugnance of the more sensitive system to the massive, weighty, and unimpressible one, must, in itself, have been disastrous to the former.
These they were filling with water and placing over a number of fires near the stake where the dying victim now hung, an inert and bloody mass of suffering.
Quotes with STAKE (3)
Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held. He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the rail as he tried to lean over far enough to get me and actually hold onto me.“Let go of me!” I yelled back. But he was too strong and managed to haul most of me over the rail, enough so that I wasn’t in total danger of falling again. See, here’s the thing. In that moment before I let go, I really had been contemplating my death. I’d come to terms with it and …
Usually my form of turning someone down was shoving a stake through his heart while smirking, Gotcha!
You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. … You are captives — and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it? — your captivity and the captivity of the world.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 298 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).