Associations to the word «Eke»

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.