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What does the word stake mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To fasten by means of a stake.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To mark off with stakes.

Part of speech: noun

A stick or post sharpened for driving into the ground.

Part of speech: noun

A post to which a person was bound to be burned alive; martyrdom.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To put at hazard; wager; risk.

Part of speech: noun

Something wagered; a prize for competition.

Part of speech: noun

An interest.

Usage examples for stake

He can't talk, and he's stiff as a stake. – They of the High Trails by Hamlin Garland
You are innocent; I stake my soul on that. – A Butterfly on the Wheel by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Oliver collected his chips, relieved, and put all but one back in his stake pocket. – O+F by John Moncure Wetterau

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