stake
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (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.Synonyms: peg
2. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.Examples: "Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake."; "However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who [...] were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to the stake."with-definite-article
3. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.Examples: "Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men."Mormonism
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.Examples: "to stake vines or plants"transitive
2. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.Examples: "You see, I'd made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always liked the horse. And what does he do but go and stake him—fly at a hedge with stakes in it, atop of a bank with a ditch before it."; "“You ladies happen to notice what happened to this vampire? This just happened. Did you see who staked him?”"transitive
3. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.Examples: "I'll ſtake my Lamb that near the Fountain plays, / And from the Brink his dancing Shade ſurveys."Synonyms: bet, hazard, wagertransitive
4. (transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.Examples: "John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him."; "His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started."transitive
5. (cryptocurrencies) To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.Examples: "Any peer can participate in the mining process by staking coins in order to validate a new transaction. To become a miner, there are two options; you can stake your coins to be used by a trustworthy node […], or you can submit a full node to be selected as a miner."
Definition source: Wiktionary