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stake(3) (iou)



stake verb1 trans. ME.
[from STAKE noun1.]
Mark off (an area) with stakes (freq. foll. by off, out); N. Amer. & Austral. claim (land) by marking with stakes. ME.
: stake a claim, stake out a claim: see CLAIM noun 3.
b. Protect or obstruct with stakes; keep in or out, shut off or up, with a barrier of stakes. L15.
Fasten or tie to a stake; support in this way. ME.
N. Gordimer A pet sheep staked to mow the grass within the radius of its rope. Amateur Gardening Stake tall plants on exposed plots.
b. Fasten (a thing) down or on with a stake or stakes. Formerly also fig., fasten down securely as with a stake. L16.
Impale or transfix on a stake. ME.
In leather-making, stretch and smooth (a skin) against a blunt edge. L17.
Place under surveillance; in pass. set (a person) to maintain surveillance. Usu. foll. by out. colloq. M20.
Comb.: stake-out colloq. a period of surveillance.
staker noun1 (a) rare a person who uses a stake for some purpose; (b) Canad. a person who stakes a mining claim: L15.

umpire 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I and T]
to be the umpire in a game or competition