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  • 51stake — I n. piece of wood 1) to drive a stake (into the ground) 2) to plant a stake (in the ground) post 3) (to burn smb.) at the stake share 4) to have a stake in smt. risk 5) at stake (our whole future is at stake) II v. (D; tr.) to stake to (to stake …

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  • 52stake — I. /steɪk / (say stayk) noun 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, a part of a fence, a support for a plant, etc. 2. a post, especially one to which a person is bound for execution, usually by… …

  • 53stake — 1. noun /steɪk/ a) A piece of wood or other material, 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. A sharpened st …

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  • 54stake — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a stout stick or post sharpened at one end and driven into the ground as a support, boundary mark, etc. 2 hist. a the post to which a person was tied to be burnt alive. b (prec. by the) death by burning as a punishment (was… …

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  • 55stake — I [[t]steɪk[/t]] n. v. staked, stak•ing 1) bui a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support, etc 2) a post to which a person is bound for execution, usu. by burning 3) the stake, the… …

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  • 56The City of the Dead (film) — Infobox Film name = City of the Dead image size = caption = director = John Llewellyn Moxey producer = Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky Donald Taylor writer = George Baxt Desmond Dickinson narrator = starring = Venetia Stevenson Christopher Lee… …

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  • 57stake race — noun a horse race in which part of the prize is put up by the owners of the horses in the race • Hypernyms: ↑horse race * * * noun also stakes race : a horse race in which the money stake or prize offered is the total contributed by the… …

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  • 58stake out — verb a) To mark off the limits by stakes; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. Bradley, von Schoenvorts and I, with Miss La Rues help, staked out the various buildings and the outer wall. When the day was done, we had quite an array of …

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  • 59The Harsh Light of Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode) — Infobox Television episode Title=The Harsh Light of Day Series=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season=4 Episode=3 Airdate=October 19 1999 Production=4ABB03 Writer=Jane Espenson Director=James A. Contner Episode list=List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer… …

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  • 60The Lost Slayer — infobox Book | name = The Lost Slayer title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the U.K. omnibus author = Christopher Golden illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer genre …

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