eke
1[ eek ]
/ ik /
verb (used with object), eked, ek·ing.
to increase; enlarge; lengthen.
Verb Phrases
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.
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Origin of eke
1before 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
eke
2[ eek ]
/ ik /
adverb Archaic.
also.
Origin of eke
2before 900; Middle English eek, Old English ēc, ēac; cognate with German auch, Old Norse, Gothic auk
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eke
1/ (iːk) /
verb
(tr) archaic to increase, enlarge, or lengthen
Word Origin for eke
Old English eacan; related to Old Norse auka to increase, Latin augēre to increase
sentence connector
archaic also; moreover
Word Origin for eke
Old English eac; related to Old Norse, Gothic auk also, Old High German ouh, Latin autem but, aut or
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