Definitions for eke out
eke out

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1. eke out, fill outverb

   supplement what is thought to be deficient

   "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"

2. eke outverb

   live from day to day, as with some hardship

   "He eked out his years in great poverty"

3. eke out, squeeze outverb

   make by laborious and precarious means

   "He eked out a living as a painter"

4. eke out, squeeze outverb

   obtain with difficulty

   "He eked out some information from the archives"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eke outverb

   to supplement

2. eke outverb

   To obtain with difficulty or effort.

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1. eke out

   To "eke out" generally means to manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty or to barely have enough of something to survive or get by. It can also mean making something last longer by using or consuming it frugally. Furthermore, it can refer to supplementing or making something more sufficient by adding to it. It's often used to talk about resources like money, time, food, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Live
   • Make
   • Obtain
   • Supplement

How to pronounce eke out?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Oliver

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How to say eke out in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eke out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eke out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of eke out in a Sentence

1. Christopher Granville:

   The national savings buffers are worth around 6.5 percent of GDP at present and that's the basis of saying they will run out of cash by the middle of next year - unless the oil price goes up, but to eke out the buffers until the election will require meaningful spending cuts now... Desperate times call for desperate measures.

2. Philippine Red Cross Chairman Gordon:

   The passengers would have been farmers or fishermen, or ordinary businessmen -- common folks, they are not very well off, otherwise they would be on better vessels or take the plane. But obviously, these are poor folks, simple folks who are trying to eke out an existence.

3. Teddy Tzanetos:

   When we first flew, we thought we would be incredibly lucky to eke out five flights, we have exceeded our expected cumulative flight time since our technology demonstration wrapped by 1,250% and expected distance flown by 2,214%.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=eke out
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eke_Out
3. ^ ChatGPT
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