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  • 1stake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. post, peg, pile; palisade; burning, execution; wager, bet, ante, pot; security, earnest, deposit; interest, claim, holding; prize, reward. See chance, property. stake out II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rod,… …

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  • 2stake — 1. noun /steɪk/ a) A piece of wood or other material, 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. A sharpened st …

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  • 3peg out — transitive verb 1. : to put out of the game in croquet by making (a rover ball) hit the stake 2. : to toss out or allow to run out (as a line) : pay out intransitive verb 1. a. : to end one s play by pegging out one s ball in croquet …

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  • 4peg — n 1. pin, Carpentry. dowel pin, thole or tholepin; nail, spike, brad, skewer, rivet, staple, tack, point; screw, bolt, toggle bolt, anchor bolt; hook, hanger; marker, post, stake, stick, pale, picket; stop, stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung,… …

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  • 5stake out — verb a) To mark off the limits by stakes; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. Bradley, von Schoenvorts and I, with Miss La Rues help, staked out the various buildings and the outer wall. When the day was done, we had quite an array of …

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  • 6stake — Synonyms and related words: Derby, Kentucky Derby, Kreis, Preakness Stakes, absolute interest, allotment, allowance, angel, ante, ante up, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, at hazard, at stake, ax, back, backing, bailiwick, bank,… …

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  • 7stake — 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;… …

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  • 8peg — Synonyms and related words: amble, amount, anchor, articulate, baby tooth, barge, batten, batten down, beverage, bicuspid, bilge, bind, blain, bleb, blister, blob, bolt, boss, bow, bowl, bowl along, bridle, bubble, buckle, bucktooth, bulb, bulge …

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  • 9stake out a claim — mark a border with a peg; make a legal claim, file a lawsuit …

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  • 10tent-peg — stake used to hold the ropes of a tent …

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