Definition of Eke Out in English :

Define Eke Out in English

Eke Out meaning in English

Meaning of Eke Out in English

Pronunciation of Eke Out in English

Eke Out pronunciation in English

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Eke Out

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Verb

1. eke out, fill out

supplement what is thought to be deficient

Example Sentences:
'He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons'
'Braque eked out his collages with charcoal'

2. eke out

live from day to day, as with some hardship

Example Sentences:
'He eked out his years in great poverty'

3. eke out, squeeze out

make by laborious and precarious means

Example Sentences:
'He eked out a living as a painter'

4. eke out, squeeze out

obtain with difficulty

Example Sentences:
'He eked out some information from the archives'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Eke Out

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal use
they eked out what little food was left
2. 
to support (existence) with difficulty and effort
3. 
to add to (something insufficient), esp with effort
to eke out an income with evening work

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Eke Out

see synonyms of eke out
1. 
to add to so as to make sufficient; supplement
to eke out an income with a second job
2. 
to manage to make (a living) with difficulty
3. 
to use (a supply) frugally

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.