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Definition of Eke
1. v. t. 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.
2. adv. In addition; also; likewise.
3. n. An addition.
Definition of Eke
1. Verb. (obsolete except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen. ¹
2. Noun. (beekeeping archaic) 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. ¹
3. Adverb. (archaic) Also. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eke
1. to supplement with great effort [v EKED, EKING, EKES]
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