stake

I

n

1. pale, picket, palisade, spike, pike, stick; post, upright, column, pillar, standard; rod, bar, peg, pin.

2. the stake

death by fire or burning, auto-da-fe".

v

3.Often stake outor off mark, demarcate, define, outline, delineate, determine; limit, delimit, circumscribe, bound; possess, claim, reserve.

4. separate, close off, enclose, hem in, shut in, close in; pen, pen in, fence in, corral, Archaic. pound, impound, cage, confine; immure, wall in, imprison, embar, cloister; encompass, surround, girdle, picket.

5. support, brace, prop, stay, hold up.

6. tether, fetter, picket, hitch, tie, fasten; lash, moor, secure, make fast.

II

n

1. wager, bet; ante, pot, jackpot; chance, long shot, Sl. shot in the dark, risk, hazard, Obs. venture.

2. investment, share, interest, concern, involvement.

3.Often stakes

prizes, award, reward, winnings, purse, trophy; gain, profit, Sl. take, returns; spoils, plunder, loot, booty.

4. at stake

risked, at risk, gambled, invested; endangered, in danger, in jeopardy; involved, implicated, concerned, in question.

v

5. bet, put up collateral, put money on; gamble, wager, lay a wager, Obs. impone, Brit. punt; risk, take a chance, venture, hazard, jeopardize, imperil, endanger.