noun
They tied the goat to a stake and hid, waiting for the tiger to catch the scent
It was time to pull up stakes and find a new camp-site
verb
The ponies were staked out in the pasture
We hired a man to stake out a large enough area to keep the horses. b mark off or out, define, delimit, outline, demarcate, delineate, circumscribe: The pioneers had already staked out the land they planned to cultivate
noun
If you want to make the game interesting, you'll have to raise the stakes
Myra has a considerable stake in the outcome of the shareholders' meeting
Don't take the matter lightly, as Tom's reputation is at stake
verb
I had staked my last penny on that gold-mine
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