English Online Dictionary. What means stake? What does stake mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /steɪk/
- Homophone: steak
- Rhymes: -eɪk
Noun
stake (plural stakes)
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (croquet): peg
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
stake (third-person singular simple present stakes, present participle staking, simple past and past participle staked)
- (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.
- Synonyms: bet, hazard, wager
- (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.
Derived terms
- stake a claim
- stake one's life
- stake out
- stakeout
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stake”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Keast, Keats, Skate, Skeat, kates, ketas, skate, steak, takes, teaks
Dutch
Verb
stake
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of steken
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of staken
Anagrams
- kaste
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English staca, from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô.
Alternative forms
- staak, stack, stak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstaːk(ə)/
Noun
stake (plural stakes)
- A stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or support.
- A fencepost; a stake used in concert to form a barrier.
- A branch or bough; an extension of a tree.
- A stave or stick; a cut (and often shaped) piece of wood.
- (rare) A prickle or splint.
- (rare) A metal bar or pole.
- (rare) A stabbing feeling.
Derived terms
- staken
- stakyng
Descendants
- English: stake
- Scots: stak, staik
- → Irish: staic
References
- “stāke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-02.
Etymology 2
Verb
stake
- Alternative form of staken
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish staki, from Old Norse staki, from Proto-Germanic *stakô, from Proto-Indo-European *steg-.
Noun
stake c
- Synonym of ljusstake (“candlestick; candelabrum”)
- (colloquial, vulgar) a hard-on (penile erection)
- Synonyms: (colloquial) ståfräs, (colloquial) fjong, (colloquial) bånge, stånd
- (slang, uncountable) balls; courage, assertiveness
Declension
Related terms
- ljusstake
- adventsljusstake
References
- stake in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stake in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stake in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Fula Ordboken
Anagrams
- steka