Word Meaning

eked definition and meaning

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.
adv. In addition; also; likewise.
n. An addition.
imp. & p. p. of Eke

Crossword clues for eked

- ... out a living
- Extend, ... out
- Just get by, ... out a living
- Just manage, ... out a living
- Make last, ... out
- Scrape (out a living)
- Scrape by, ... out a living
- Stretch
- Supplement
- Supplement, ... out
- Use frugally, ... out
- Weekend inclu&s supplement
- Weekend includes supplement
- Barely made a living
- doled out
- Just gets a living from part of creek estate?
- Made do
- Meted (out)
- Stretched
- Supplemented
- Used frugally, ... out
- Uses frugally, ... out
- was very thrifty