Synonyms for stake out
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : steyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : steɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for stake out Other synonyms for the word stake out
- adduce
- advance
- appraise
- assay
- attention
- awareness
- be all ears
- belt
- bespeak
- betoken
- border
- bound
- brand
- bug
- case
- catch sight of
- check off
- check out
- check over
- check up
- circumscribe
- compass
- confine
- consider
- contemplate
- curb
- declare
- defend
- delineate
- delve
- demarcate
- demonstrate
- denote
- designate
- dig
- discover
- distinguish
- duty
- eagle eye
- earmark
- edge
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- envelop
- establish
- estimate
- evaluate
- evidence
- evince
- exact
- examine
- exemplify
- exhibit
- explore
- eyeball
- feature
- feel out
- fence in
- ferret
- fish out
- fix
- flank
- frisk
- get a load of
- gird
- girdle
- give the once over
- glimpse
- go into
- guard
- have a look-see
- have dibs on something
- hit
- hit up
- hold
- hold out for
- hunt
- identify
- illustrate
- indicate
- individualize
- individuate
- inquire
- inquisite
- insist
- inspect
- interrogate
- justify
- keep under surveillance
- knock
- label
- lay claim to
- limit
- listen in
- look for
- look into
- look over
- look upon
- look-see
- lookout
- make inquiry
- manifest
- mark
- mark off
- mark out
- measure
- meddle
- monitoring
- muckrake
- need
- nightwatch
- nose around
- notice
- observance
- observation
- observe
- ostend
- overlook
- oversee
- patrol
- peep
- pick up
- plan
- plot
- point out
- point up
- poke
- pop the question
- postulate
- pretend
- probe
- proclaim
- profess
- pronounce
- prospect
- pry
- put to the test
- qualify
- question
- rate
- read
- recon
- reconnoiter
- remark
- require
- requisition
- research
- review
- rim
- run down
- run reconnaissance
- rustle up
- scan
- scope
- scout
- scrutinize
- search
- seek
- set
- set apart
- set at
- set bounds to
- set eyes on
- settle
- shadow
- show
- show up
- sift
- signalize
- signify
- singularize
- size
- size up
- sleuth
- snoop
- solicit
- spot
- spy
- stag
- stake out
- stake-out
- stamp
- study
- summarize
- superintend
- supervise
- surround
- surveillance
- survey
- tail
- take
- take in
- take note
- tap
- test the waters
- track down
- trail
- uphold
- valuate
- value
- verge
- view
- vigilance
- vindicate
- wall in
- watch
- watchfulness
- wiretap
Définition of stake out
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].
- As in vigil : noun watch
- As in investigate : verb check into thoroughly
- As in mark : verb characterize
- As in scout : verb investigate, check out
- As in spy : verb secretly follow, watch another's actions
- As in survey : verb scrutinize, take stock of
- As in claim : verb demand, maintain property or right
- As in define : verb delimit, outline
- I wanted to find what Ben Cameron had found, stake out near him and get what I could.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- Inside of that circuit somewhere, the two men must stake out their claim.
- Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
- If not, we will just stake out our claims on the level, and be thankful.
- Extract from : « That Girl Montana » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- "Stake out your horse and mule and I will tell you all about it," answered Bob.
- Extract from : « George at the Fort » by Harry Castlemon
- Now let us stake out our claims at once, then we are all right, whoever comes.
- Extract from : « Captain Bayley's Heir: » by G. A. Henty
- If, any claim-jumpers are about to stake out our land up there who is there left to stop them?
- Extract from : « Polly and Eleanor » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- If you do like it, an' want to stake out some of them medders, build away from the crick.
- Extract from : « The Lost Wagon » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- Fasten the bait with a small stake, and drive the stake out of sight in the bait.
- Extract from : « Science of Trapping » by Elmer Harry Kreps
- We stake out ours for two,go you one better,but its all rot.
- Extract from : « The Wayfarers » by Mary Stewart Cutting
- We own as much of it as we care to stake out, by right of prior discovery!
- Extract from : « Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice » by Victor Appleton
Antonyms for stake out
- abandon
- aid
- answer
- assist
- center
- conceal
- confuse
- cover
- deny
- desert
- disbelieve
- disclaim
- disregard
- distort
- find
- follow
- forget
- forsake
- free
- give
- heedlessness
- help
- hide
- ignorance
- ignore
- indifference
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- miss
- neglect
- negligence
- open
- overlook
- question
- quit
- reject
- release
- reply
- repudiate
- serve
- shun
- stop
- tangle
- twist
- unloose
- unsettle
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