stake

  • 41stake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. post, peg, pile; palisade; burning, execution; wager, bet, ante, pot; security, earnest, deposit; interest, claim, holding; prize, reward. See chance, property. stake out II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rod,… …

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  • 42stake — I 1. noun a stake in the ground Syn: post, pole, stick, spike, upright, support, prop, strut, pale, paling, picket, pile, piling, cane 2. verb 1) the plants have to be staked Syn …

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  • 43stake — I n 1. pale, picket, palisade, spike, pike, stick; post, upright, column, pillar, standard; rod, bar, peg, pin. 2. the stake death by fire or burning, auto da fe . v 3.Often stake outor off mark, demarcate, define, outline, delineate, determine;… …

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  • 44stake —   1. Staff. Pahu, papahu, mākia.    ♦ Stake taboo sign, pahu kapu.    ♦ Goal stake, pahu hope, pahu hopu.    ♦ Stake in owl trap, oloka a.   2. Wager. Pili …

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  • 45stake — [OE] Stake ‘post’ comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *stak , *stek , *stik ‘pierce, prick’, which also produced English attach, stick, stockade, etc. It may be that stake ‘wager’ [16] is the same word, alluding to a supposed… …

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  • 46stake — I noun a stake in the ground Syn: post, pole, stick, spike, upright, support, cane II 1. noun 1) high stakes Syn: bet, wager, ante 2) a …

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  • 47stakė — ×stãkė (plg. vok. dial. stâke, stâken, stâk) sf. (2) J.Jabl, Rtr, BŽ13,93, Š, NdŽ, KŽ, Slv, Ar, stàkė (2) Erž, Šl; Sut žeberklas: Stake nudūrė trijų svarų lydeką Tt …

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  • 48stake — [OE] Stake ‘post’ comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *stak , *stek , *stik ‘pierce, prick’, which also produced English attach, stick, stockade, etc. It may be that stake ‘wager’ [16] is the same word, alluding to a supposed… …

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  • 49stake — See: AT STAKE, PULL UP STAKES …

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  • 50stake — See: AT STAKE, PULL UP STAKES …

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