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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.