Stake
- A stake is a long, pointed object thrust into the ground. Stakes have many applications, such as demarcating a small plot of land, anchoring ropes for a tent or other portable structure, or slowly releasing fertilizer to aid the growth of plants.
- In folklore and mythology, a wooden stake, along with a silver bullet, have special powers to kill monsters. See Vampire; Werewolf.
- In the LDS church, a stake is an organizational unit made up of several local congregations, led by a Stake President. See Stake (Mormonism).
- In Christianity, a stake was a pole to which people accused of heresy or witchcraft were tied and "burned at the stake". See Execution by burning.
- In gambling, a stake is the quantity of money or other goods that is risked on the outcome of some specific event.
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