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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eke out vb (tr, adverb)- to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal use: they eked out what little food was left
- to support (existence) with difficulty and effort
- to add to (something insufficient), esp with effort: to eke out an income with evening work
eke /ik/USA pronunciation v. eked, ek•ing. - eke out,
- [~ + out + object], to get or maintain with great effort and difficulty:to eke out an income with odd jobs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eke1 (ēk),USA pronunciation v.t., eked, ek•ing. - to increase;
enlarge;
lengthen. - eke out:
- to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.
- to supplement;
add to;
stretch:to eke out an income with odd jobs.
- WGmc *aukjan; both akin to Old Norse auka, Gothic aukan, Latin augēre, Greek auxánein to increase, amplify
- bef. 1000; Middle English eken, Old English ēac(i)an (intrans.), derivative of ēaca (noun, nominal) increase; Middle English echen, Old English ēcan, variant of īecan (transitive)
- also.
- bef. 900; Middle English eek, Old English ēc, ēac; cognate with German auch, Old Norse, Gothic auk
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