stake
To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakesTo fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
» I know the stakes.
Ich weiß, was auf dem Spiel steht.
Я знаю, які ставки.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
to stake vines or plants
anpflocken, anbinden, hochbinden
укрепля́тьukrepljátʹ, укрепи́тьukrepítʹ, подпира́тьpodpirátʹ
(transitive)To pierce or wound with a stake.
pfählen
mark with a stake
(transitive)To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
ста́вить на картуstávitʹ na kartu, ста́вить на конstávitʹ na kon
put at risk
(transitive)To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.
His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.
(obsolete)To stretch leather skin over a piece of iron held knee-height, in preparation to use the skin in the creation of gloves.
Examples
158 sentencesI know the stakes.
Я знаю, які ставки. — deniko
deIch weiß, was auf dem Spiel steht. — raggione
A great deal is at stake.
Don't you understand what's at stake here?
I have to know what's at stake.
ruЯ должен знать, что стоит на кону. — mrtaistoi
I'm aware of what is at stake.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West GeFrom Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”).
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Forms
stakes, staking, staked, stakedSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle