staked
SaySTAYKT/steɪkt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of stake.
She staked everything on closing the deal before midnight.
The tomato plants were staked before the storm rolled in.
Note
One regular -ed form does both jobs. It stands alone as a past tense (she staked her savings) and follows have or be in perfect and passive clauses (the vines had been staked). Two families of meaning share the spelling: the pointed post driven into the ground, and the risk put up on an outcome. Context decides whether something staked was propped up or wagered.
staked is a form of stake
stake, verb: To risk money or something valuable on the success of a competition or a future outcome. Full entry
- Spelling
- stake → staked: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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