Definitions of eke [ik]

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Definition of 'eke'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) eke
eke out,

2.  eke
to make (a living) or maintain (existence) meagerly and with great effort:
to eke out an income.

3.  eke
to supplement; add to.

4.  eke
to mete out in small amounts.

5. (Archaic.) eke
also.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME eek, OE ēc, ēac)

Definition of 'eke'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) eke
in addition; also; likewise

2. (noun) eke
an addition

3. (verb) eke
to increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other

Translation of 'eke'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it You could eke out the meat with potatoes.
Afrikaans: vermeerder, rek	Arabic: يُطيل، يُضيف إلى، يُكَمِّ	Bulgarian: прибавям
Brazilian: suplementar	Czech: nastavit	German: ergänzen
Danish: få til at række; få til a	Greek: κάνω κτ. να κρατήσει περι	Spanish: hacer alcanzar, racionar
Estonian: (millegagi) välja venitam	Farsi: افزودن بر؛ زیاد کردن	Finnish: saada jokin riittämään
French: faire durer	Hebrew: לְהָגדִיל, לְהַאֲרִיך	Hindi: खींच लेना, बढ़ाना
Croatian: oduljiti	Hungarian: kiegészít	Indonesian: eke out
Icelandic: drÿgja	Italian: integrare	Japanese: 補う
Korean: 보충하다	Lithuanian: skalsinti	Latvian: papildināt
Malay: menambah	Dutch: aanvullen	Norwegian: (for)øke, supplere, skjøt
Polish: uzupełnić	Persian: افزودن بر؛ زیاد کردن	Pashto: زياتول، اوږدول، بشپړ، نيم
Portuguese: suplementar	Romanian: a adăuga la	Russian: восполнять
Slovak: pridať	Slovenian: podaljšati, dodati	Serbian: dopuniti
Swedish: dryga ut	Thai: ชดเชย	Turkish: idareli kullanmak
Taiwanese: 使某物的供應盡量持久(例如藉由增補他物)	Ukrainian: додавати	Urdu: خاطر خواہ استعمال کرنا
Vietnamese: thêm vào	Chinese: 弥补...的不足，以节约使（供应等）持久
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