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# stakes

noun (a stake, stakes — plural form); verb (stake, stakes, staked, staking)

«stakes» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pointed wooden or metal posts pushed into the ground, for example to hold up plants or a tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m1)
2. Money or something valuable risked in a bet or game; «the stakes are high» means a lot can be won or lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m2)
3. A share in a business: «a stake in the company». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m3)
4. (verb) Third-person form of «stake»: risks something, or marks land with posts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m4)
5. (history) A post at which people were once killed by burning, as in «burned at the stake». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, gardeners use stakes to support tomatoes and tents are fixed with stakes (also called pegs). In sport and games, «high stakes» means a match matters a lot. In history lessons, people accused of heresy or witchcraft were sometimes burned at the stake. In money talk, «a stake» is part ownership. Phrases: «at stake» (at risk), «high stakes», «stake a claim».

### Examples

- Push the stakes into the ground to hold the tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x1)
- Tie the beans to the stakes so they grow straight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x2)
- The stakes are high: the winner goes to the final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x3)
- Our team's place in the league is at stake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x4)
- He staked all his sweets on winning the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x5)
- Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x6)
- She owns a stake in her family's bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x7)
- “O son of a king,” said she, “I demand a game with you for stakes.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Homophone: «steaks» (pieces of meat) — «stakes» are posts or bets. «At stake» means at risk (not a meat!). In maths with money, «stake» is the amount bet.

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah they are tent pegs, which must be strong to hold a larger tent.

**Interpretation.** The verse is read as comfort for Jerusalem: she will grow and gain many children, so she must widen her tent and set her pegs firmly.

### Examples

- Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations, spare not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. (Prophets ISA.54.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stakes/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Homophone: «steaks» (pieces of meat) — «stakes» are posts or bets. «At stake» means at risk (not a meat!). In maths with money, «stake» is the amount bet.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stakes» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stakes/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stakes» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stakes.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «stakes» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stakes/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stakes» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stakes.html) on Mova free.