Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, 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..

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Inadvertency :: Inadvertency (n.) The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence..
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders..
Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..
Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..
Misworship :: Misworship (n.) Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion.
Miss :: Miss (n.) Mistake; error; fault.
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants..
Error :: Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
Sweepwasher :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
Paxillose :: Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.
Miscopy :: Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.
Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
Spile :: Spile (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..
Stake-driver :: Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
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