°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 stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden"
°A slender rod, or stick, to be driven into the ground as a mark.
"We have stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders."
verb
°To pierce or wound with a stake.