plural of ale-stake

Small paltry stakes.

(idiomatic) Involving large costs or rewards.

simple past tense and past participle of raise the stakes

present participle of raise the stakes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of raise the stakes

(idiomatic) To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.

(transitive) To watch a location and/or people, generally covertly. / (transitive) To mark off the limits by stakes

An upright stake on which people were nailed to be executed, especially that used to execute Jesus Christ according to the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.

(Mormonism) A territorial subdivision of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consisting of several wards and, possibly, branches.