Eke definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EKE, v.t. [L. augeo.] 1. To increase; to enlarge; as, to eke a store of provisions. 2. To add to; to supply ... wanted; to enlarge by addition; sometimes with out; as, to eke or eke out a piece of cloth; to eke out a performance. 3. To lengthen; to prolong; as, ...
eke out definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: supplement ... private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" [syn: eke out, fill out] 2: live from day to day, as ... means; "He eked out a living as a painter" [syn: eke out, squeeze out] 4: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives" [syn: eke out, squeeze out] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1596 ... supply) last by economy Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you eke out something, you make your supply of it last as long as possible. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks. PHRASAL ...
... alteration (resulting from misdivision of an ekename) of ekename, from eke eke, also + name name Date: 15th century 1. a usually descriptive ... a person or thing) by a nickname. Etymology: ME f. eke-name, with n from an (cf. NEWT): eke = addition, f. OE eaca (as EKE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nickname Nick"name`, n. [OE. ekename ... as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name.] A name given in contempt, derision, or ...
... addition. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eking Ek"ing, n. [From Eke, v. t.] (Shipbuilding) (a) A lengthening or filling piece to ... the quarter gallery. [Written also eiking.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eke Eke ([=e]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eked; p. pr ... out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. ``To eke my pain.'' --Spenser. He eked out by his wits an ...
... Dictionary E'KED, pp. Increased; lengthened. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eke Eke ([=e]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eked; p. pr ... out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. ``To eke my pain.'' --Spenser. He eked out by his wits an ...
... It seems to be the Eng. to wax, or to eke.] 1. To increase; to enlarge in size or extent; to ... Latin augmentum increase, from aug?re to increase — more at eke Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make greater, more ... to increase; perh. akin to Gr. ?, ?, E. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. augmenter.] 1. To enlarge or increase in ...
... means; "He eked out a living as a painter" [syn: eke out, squeeze out] 3: extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing ... difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives" [syn: eke out, squeeze out] 5: form or shape by forcing through ...