Word Study
eke out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb eke out has 4 senses
- eke out(v = verb.possession) fill out - supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" is one way to supplement
- eke out(v = verb.stative) Array - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty" is one way to live
- eke out(v = verb.possession) squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter" is one way to bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in
- eke out(v = verb.possession) squeeze out - obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives" is one way to obtain
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THESAURUS
eke out
accomplish, bring to completion, bring to fruition, complete, cope, fill in, fill out, fulfill, get by, keep afloat, make ends meet, make good, make out, make up, manage, mature, piece out, refill, replenish, round out, scrape along, subsist, survive, top offROGET THESAURUS
eke out
Completeness
VB be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths.Diuturnity
VB last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years, tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain, protract, prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out, temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive, survive, live to fight again.
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