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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'eke' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions eke verb (ek, ing) 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. to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other Quotations 1952, The typical medieval house was essentially a timber structure, though, for reasons of economy, its construction was eked out with cheaper material; and, speaking loosely, the later the house the greater the proportion of cheap material. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 192. Etymology: Old English Äecan        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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