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STAKES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The money risked on a gamble
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("stakes" is a kind of...):
gamble (money that is risked for possible monetary gain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stakes"):
jackpot; kitty; pot (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))
ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)
kitty; pool (the combined stakes of the betters)
Holonyms ("stakes" is a part of...):
pool (any communal combination of funds)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb stake
Context examples:
Whilst the business of the fixing of the stakes and the fastening of the ropes was going forward, I from my place of vantage could hear the talk of the crowd behind me, the front two rows of which were lying upon the grass, the next two kneeling, and the others standing in serried ranks all up the side of the gently sloping hill, so that each line could just see over the shoulders of that which was in front.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With every impulsion the oscillation increased, those in front trying vainly to steady themselves against the rushes from behind, until suddenly there came a sharp snap, two white stakes with earth clinging to their points flew into the outer ring, and a spray of people, dashed from the solid wave behind, were thrown against the line of the beaters-out.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
