Antonyms for stake

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : steyk

Phonetic Transcription : steɪk

Definition of stake

Origin : "pointed stick or post," Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic *stakon (cf. Old Norse stiaki, Dutch staak, German stake), from PIE root *steg- "pole, stick." The Germanic word has been borrowed in Spanish (estaca), Old French (estaque), and Italian stacca) and was borrowed back as attach. Meaning "post upon which persons were bound for death by burning" is recorded from c.1200. Stake-body as a type of truck is attested from 1907. In pull up stakes, "The allusion is to pulling up the stakes of a tent" [Bartlett].

noun pole
noun bet, wager
noun share, investment
verb bet, wager

Example sentences :

Of course you'll do it, and you could do it better if you had three or four times the stake you got.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

We'll land that stake; an' p'raps the sharp division'll take a tumble.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

By golly, we'll stake her to a hay knife and tell her to go after him!
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Eulalia, when at the stake, breathes the flame that she may die the more quickly.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Why, that must mean the stake yonder; that must be the mark.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

"That's so, you didn't fasten the chain to a stake or a tree," said Owen.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

I looked down—at a broken wicket and a withered apple by the stake.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

"Well, I'll stake you to a good long look," he added sweetly.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

When I saw his pistol flash in front of me, I felt in a moment that my life was at stake.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

But, I believe he would have gone to the stake upon the question.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for stake

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