stake

IPA: stˈeɪk

A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
(croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
A surname.

(transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
(transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
(transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
(transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
(cryptocurrencies) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.

Examples of "stake" in Sentences

He bought some stake to cook.
The first stake was being burned.
The father burns the stepmother at the stake.
The company fought for the stake of transalpine.
She is, figuratively speaking, burning the stake.
In 1994 the billing was shortened to the Strub Stakes.
The lives of lawyers, litigants and judges are at stake.
The mans, him which drive the stake, is nevaire no more.
The controlling stake was held by the Maharaja of Darbhanga.
Stakes are driven into the ground at the corners of the pitch.
She also won the Beldame Stakes, the Comely Stakes and the Vagrancy Handicap.
The $1 million of debt becomes $1 million of equity, but that stake is worth just 1% of the company.
That alone should serve as sufficient motivation to those getting started in their careers to begin building a long-term stake in the market.
Not that he wanted to drop his work, but a man owed something to his country, especially when he had what they called a stake in it -- to establish
The Zhurfak controversy shows that the question at stake is the mission of journalism: is it about getting naked before public officials or is it about discovering and making public naked truth?
Although he controls only a tiny share of the basketball franchise, his stake is trumpeted loudly in promotional materials for the related Atlantic Yards arena project, and he was prominently featured at its groundbreaking in Brooklyn, along with Governor Paterson.