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What (who) is eke - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
EKE (disambiguation); EKE; Eke (disambiguation)
eke
eke1 [i:k]
¦ verb (eke something out) make something last longer by using or consuming it frugally.
?manage to make a living with difficulty: many traders barely eked out a living.
Origin
OE eacian, ecan (in the sense 'increase'), of Gmc origin.
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eke2 [i:k]
¦ adverb archaic term for also.
Origin
OE, of Gmc origin.
eke
(ekes, eking, eked)
If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides ...
He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day.
PHRASE: V inflects
Examples of use of eke
1. Ultimately, we want the best for our country," Eke said.
2. They‘re prepared to settle for lower sales in order to eke out more profit per unit.
3. Instead some eke out a living smuggling goods and people across the Israeli border.
4. Meanwhile millions of ordinary pensioners have to eke out their lives on a shrinking income.
5. Or Kaczynski could seek to recruit another small party to eke out a majority.