Associations to the word «Eke»

Wiktionary

EKE, verb. (obsolete except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
EKE, noun. (obsolete) An addition.
EKE, noun. (beekeeping) (archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.
EKE, adverb. (obsolete) Also.
EKE OUT, verb. (transitive) to supplement
EKE OUT, verb. (transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza