Word Finder - staking

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To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

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to stake vines or plants

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To pierce or wound with a stake.

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To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.

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To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.

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His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.

All plants that require staking, such as dahlias, roses, gladioli and many herbaceous plants, should now be looked to.

Fred sat down on the sofa, staking out his territory, letting the world know he had every intention of sticking around.

Staking and tying out the shoots must be attended to, as the stems break early under little wind-pressure.

The town was choked with visitors, some already staking out their spots with folding chairs to view the later festivities—the last hurrah of the holiday.

Do I need to use special staking materials for the tent on the particular beach?

Here are some things to look for when you're staking out your online hangout.

Staking, tying, and training only spoil them.

No trouble is involved in staking and tying, for the stems are strong enough to support themselves, unless in very exposed situations.

Snapdragons are available in a wide range of sizes and colors ranging from dwarf snapdragon plants only inches tall to towering garden monsters that need staking to remain upright.

Raised beds are usually narrower than ground-planted beds, making it easier to work among plants to do common tasks such as weeding, watering, staking and harvesting.

Bill turns Jessica as restitution for his staking another vamp.

They are based on solid, provable results rather than simple impressions of character, and that means that the person writing one for you is staking their reputation as well as yours.

Here are some ways to get started staking your own claim on the Internet frontier.

In one mission, you are staking out a club, and as you get closer you can hear the strong rhythmic beats.

The town was choked with visitors, some already staking out their spots with folding chairs to view the later festivities—the last hurrah of the holiday.

Dean passed along the information on the two hoods staking out Vinnie's apartment.

But Charles Charles Albert, who, whatever his faults, had a generous Albertre- nature, was determined that so long as be had an news the army in being he could not abandon the Lombards War, and the Venetians, whom he had encouraged in their resistance, without one more effort, though he knew full well that he was staking all on a desperate chance.