(transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes. / (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake. / (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.

Any of numerous large beetles of the family Lucanidae, the males having elaborate mandibles resembling the antlers of a stag / The species Lucanus cervus, which is the largest beetle in the UK.

An actor on the stage. / One who stages a theatrical performance. / One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.

Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. / (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Obsolete spelling of stayed

A venue where sporting events are held. / An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.

(countable) An adult male deer. / (countable) A colt, or filly. / (by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.

(intransitive, Britain) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks. / (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. / A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.