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eke

[ eek ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

eked, eking.

to increase; enlarge; lengthen.

verb phrase

1. to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
  They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.
2. to supplement; add to; stretch:
  to eke out an income with odd jobs.

eke

[ eek ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

Archaic.

also.

eke

/ iːk /

verb

archaic.
tr to increase, enlarge, or lengthen

eke

/ iːk /

sentence connector

archaic.
also; moreover

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eke¹

before 1000; Middle English eken, Old English ēac ( i ) an (intransitive), derivative of ēaca (noun) increase; Middle English echen, Old English ēcan, variant of īecan (transitive) < West Germanic *aukjan; both akin to Old Norse auka, Gothic aukan, Latin augēre, Greek auxánein to increase, amplify

Origin of eke²

before 900; Middle English eek, Old English ēc, ēac; cognate with German auch, Old Norse, Gothic auk

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eke¹

Old English eacan; related to Old Norse auka to increase, Latin augēre to increase

Origin of eke²

Old English eac; related to Old Norse, Gothic auk also, Old High German ouh, Latin autem but, aut or

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Example Sentences

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Issuing press releases about your opponent’s mistakes, while avoiding any stunts that could make the conversation about you and your coalition’s failings instead, might well be enough to eke out a win 18 months from now.

From Salon

“It’s this kind of lawless arena where people are trying to eke out their own ideas about justice,” he recently said over coffee near his home in New York City.

From Los Angeles Times

One student, Favour Eke, told BBC Igbo that 10 of the 165 questions didn't appear on the screen - all she could see was the multiple choice options for the answers.

From BBC

With a 15th league loss of the campaign – a club record in the Premier League era - Amorim has no option other than to try to eke out any positives from the woeful experience he is going through.

From BBC

Both candidates now are trying to "bring their enemies to the battlefield" to eke out an advantage, he added.

From BBC

Ekaterinoslav eke out

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