0 past simple and past participle of stake --
2 to hold up and support something by fastening it to stakes: --
Tomato plants should be staked.
All cages were c. 30 cm in height and were staked into the ground to a depth of 2 cm with the aid of a trowel.
By repeatedly representing opera as somehow deficient in terms of realism, film has simultaneously staked out its claim to the real and has condescendingly offered opera its services.
Wellington, however, has always staked its claim as the country's cultural hub.
At examination, intestines were opened along their lengths and the contents collected over a series of staked sieves with pore sizes of 2 mm, 1 mm and 0.5 mm.
Frelimo unequivocally staked its legitimacy on its capacity to replace former colonial market relations with its own institutions, and failed.
The claim must be staked boldly.
Charles was desperate to provide the support he had promised his sister and uncle and had staked his personal reputation upon giving it.
Dunbar staked out his claim to mine that material himself with originality, subtlety, and daring.
