(transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play. / To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. / (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out. / (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.

A discoloured spot or area. / A blemish on one's character or reputation. / A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

(transitive) To discolour. / To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation / To coat a surface with a stain / (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.

A person holding the stakes of bettors, with the responsibility of delivering the pot to the winner of the bet. / An escrow agent or custodian.

A staircase in the form of a helix.

A flight of stairs; a stairway. / A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. / A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. / (real estate) To increase one's share in a co-ownership.

(Britain) A bachelor party; a party held for a man who is about to be married.

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

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 marker or a support or stay.