eke
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Verb
eking, present participle; eked, past tense; eked, past participle; ekes, 3rd person singular present;
/ēk/,
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eking, present participle; eked, past tense; eked, past participle; ekes, 3rd person singular present;
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Manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty
- - they eked out their livelihoods from the soil
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Make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally
- - the remains of yesterday's stew could be eked out to make another meal
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Obtain or create, but just barely
- - Tennessee eked out a 74–73 overtime victory
Web Definitions:
- sōkē or eke is a Tongan group dance performed with sticks which the performers hit against each other on the beat of the drum. It has some common elements with, but is a complete independent development from the English Morris dance. ...
- A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily; To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen; Also
- The term originated with skeps and it was "an enlargement" which is the equivalent of today's super. In current usage it usually refers to a shim that is either added to the top for feeding things like pollen patties or added under a shallow to make it into a deep. ...