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

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
Victor Hugo