vt to pierce or wound with a stake.
2. stake ·add. ·noun a territorial division;
called also stake of zion.
3. stake ·vt to fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
4. stake ·vt that which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
5. stake ·vt the piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
6. stake ·vt to mark the limits of by stakes;
with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
7. stake ·vt a stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
8. stake ·vt to put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
9. stake ·vt a small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, ·etc., for light work, punching upon, ·etc.
10. stake ·vt a piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, ·etc.