transitive. To complete (an action, process, task, etc.); to carry out or through to completion; to finish. Also occasionally with out. Obsolete.

transitive. To make up a deficiency in (something) by providing or replacing what is missing; to supplement. Obsolete.

transitive. To make up for (a defect or lack); to supply or fill up where there is a deficiency.

transitive. To supply the shortfall or deficiencies of; to complete (a given number, quantity, period, etc.); (formerly also in passive) †to be…

transitive. To supplement, make up the deficiency of (see also sense 7a). In later use English regional in to mend one's draught: to have another…

Phrases. to stop, to fill (inor up), to supply a gap: to make up a deficiency, supply a want, fill a vacant space. Also, to bridge (also close) a gap.

to eke out. to supplement, supply the deficiencies of anything (const. with); esp. to make (resources, materials, articles of consumption, etc.)…

help out (also through): to afford assistance in completing something; to eke out, supplement. Also absol.

transitive. To allowance (oneself); to eke out with something extra. Obsolete.

with out = to eke out.

inch out. To eke out by inches or small amounts.

to eke up: to supply, repair (a loss). Obsolete.

transitive. = supplement, v. 1.

Used for: To eke out, cause to last longer. Also with out. Obsolete.

To provide a supplement to; to make good a deficiency in. transitive. With the provider of the supplement as subject. With with, by.

transitive. Chiefly somewhat literary. To expend carefully with a view to making (a resource) last; to eke out.

In commercial use: To bring up to the usual stock or quantity.

intransitive. U.S. regional. To eke out; to round off. Also transitive.