Meaning

1 senses

  1. Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

    добавля́тьdobavljátʹ, удлинятьudlinjatʹ, увели́чиватьuvelíčivatʹ

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Many people are struggling to eke out a living.

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  2. During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

    ruВо время засухи фермеры едва сводят концы с концами. — odexed

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  3. My old computer now ekes out a dreary existence in the attic.

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  4. "Eke out" is a common phrasal verb in English.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
to add to, augment; to increase; to lengthen:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old

The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old English ēaca, from Proto-Germanic *aukô, from *aukaną (“to increase, add, enlarge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). The English noun is cognate with Old Frisian āka (“addition, increase; bonus”), Old Norse auki (“growth, increase, proliferation”).

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Forms

ekes, eking, eked, eked
Base formeke · to eke
3rd person singularekes
Present participleeking
Past simpleeked
Past participleeked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeke
he, she, itekes

Past simpleLesson

all personseked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave eked
he, she, ithas eked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eke

Word family

2 related words
Derivedeke outC2eker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ejaculateejaculationejectelelaborateC1
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