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eke

1

[ eek ]

verb (used with object)

eked, eking.
  1. to increase; enlarge; lengthen.


verb phrase

    1. to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:

      They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.

    2. to supplement; add to; stretch:

      to eke out an income with odd jobs.

eke

2

[ eek ]

adverb

Archaic.

eke

1

/ 颈藧办 /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to increase, enlarge, or lengthen
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

eke

2

/ 颈藧办 /

sentence connector

  1. archaic.
    also; moreover
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eke1

before 1000; Middle English eken, Old English 脓补肠 ( i ) an (intransitive), derivative of 脓补肠a (noun) increase; Middle English echen, Old English 脓肠补苍, variant of 墨别肠补苍 (transitive) < West Germanic *aukjan; both akin to Old Norse auka, Gothic aukan, Latin 补耻驳脓谤别, Greek 补耻虫谩苍别颈苍 to increase, amplify

Origin of eke2

before 900; Middle English eek, Old English 膿c, 脓补肠; cognate with German auch, Old Norse, Gothic auk
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of eke1

Old English eacan; related to Old Norse auka to increase, Latin 补耻驳脓谤别 to increase

Origin of eke2

Old English eac; related to Old Norse, Gothic auk also, Old High German ouh, Latin autem but, aut or
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With a 15th league loss of the campaign 鈥 a club record in the Premier League era - Amorim has no option other than to try to eke out any positives from the woeful experience he is going through.

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Both candidates now are trying to "bring their enemies to the battlefield" to eke out an advantage, he added.

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By the end of Lynch鈥檚 run Magellan was a behemoth struggling to eke out 鈥渁 razor thin margin of victory,鈥 as investment commentator William Bernstein put it.

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Then, Ukraine just about managed to eke out its existing stocks of ammunition with the help of Europe.

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