Eke

Word EKE
Character 3
Hyphenation eke
Pronunciations /iːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Eke"

What do we mean by eke?

Also. adverb

To supplement with great effort. Used with out. transitive verb

To get with great effort or strain. Used with out. transitive verb

To make (a supply) last by practicing strict economy. Used with out. transitive verb

To increase; enlarge; lengthen; protract; prolong.

To add to; supply what is lacking to; increase, extend, or make barely sufficient by addition: usually followed by out: as, to eke out a piece of cloth; to eke out a performance.

An added structure. noun

In agriculture, an oblong stack. noun

Something added to something else. noun

Same as eking, 2. noun

Also; likewise; in addition.

An addition. noun

In addition; also; likewise. adverb

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. transitive verb

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. noun

To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen. verb

An addition. noun

Also. adverb

(obsolete except Britain) An addition.

A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space: see http//www.dave-cushman.net/bee/eke.html

Find a way or method to live.. to do the least to survive Urban Dictionary

Everybody-Killers Urban Dictionary

To 'do an eke' would be to injure your wrist, generally caused during the process of masturbation. Urban Dictionary

Usualy a smart man who is hated by audience because nobody can understand him. Urban Dictionary

(ek) is a boy who is straight up gangsta, he's got the girl, he's got the cash, the looks, and his "gangsta lifetstyle" is a complete success Urban Dictionary

Means “no” typically used in text Urban Dictionary

Slang for x, as in to cross off. Urban Dictionary

Ek: short for "easily kid" I term derived from a group of western mass kids as a substitute for the term "word" or easily Urban Dictionary

(everbody Killas) An association or team of professional killers in the world of battfield 1-2 and other various games. They strongly utilize teamwork and mayham in order to infict heavy casualities to the opposing team and or capping flags in CTF. eK tend to have close ties with eachother and the same hunger for destruction ...even on eachother! It is not recommended that all eK member's be on the opposing team, you will die. Urban Dictionary

An acronym for "embassy kids" the most boss group around Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Eke

The word "eke" in example sentences

Odd, when I tried "eke" it gave me the Turkish verb "ekmek." ❋ Unknown (2005)

I looked up the Standard English, but rarely-used, verb "eke". ❋ Unknown (2005)

With this practice Râmânuja's interpretation, on the other hand, fully agrees; for, according to him, the 'eke' are the ❋ George Thibaut (1881)

And think before the latest engine shift that we got over the course of the last 10 weeks, we're going to start seeing a kind of eke into Q3, we're going to start to see it pick up pretty good in Q4, and then we're going to accelerate from there and then as we got into supporting calendar year '12 build rates, we're going to see the second step. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans eked out some gains in other states, including my own North Carolina (and I do mean "eke"). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The former lawmaker has been a leading social conservative since his days as a senator from Pennsylvania, an identity that helped him eke out a narrow win in Iowa's caucuses on Jan. 3. ❋ Danny Yadron (2012)

But rather than tell that story, dig in, and fight like a true leader would, Obama has chosen to hire corporate-friendly advisors, compromise on the most crucial substance, and attempt to eke out weak, symbolic, half-victories gift-wrapped in flowery oratory and spin. ❋ Josh Silver (2011)

But the focus on retail campaigning helped Mr. Santorum eke out a win in Iowa's caucuses last month. ❋ Unknown (2012)

As Professor Moeen Cheema notes, these young, part-time and often poor lawyer-foot soldiers that made up the bulk of Pakistan's legal establishment, "barely eke out a decent living from legal practice ... and enrollment in the bar is a part-time venture for them that provides a status of respectability rather than living wages." ❋ Ehsan Zaffar (2011)

The currency bloc managed to eke out growth of 0.2% in the third quarter, matching the lackluster second quarter. ❋ Richard Barley (2011)

That attention to detail (in combination with aggressive bill collection and payment policies) has enabled Dell to eke out growth on some razor-thin margins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Aluminum producer and Dow component Alcoa helped set a bullish tone in stocks after its current-year projection for aluminum demand late Monday helped raise hopes for a stronger global economy, though the stock managed to eke out only a small gain, rising 0.2%. ❋ Brendan Conway (2012)

Fund manager Perpetual said it is willing to share limited financial information with private-equity group KKR to perhaps eke out a higher bid. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He sometimes worked 16 hours a day, but barely managed to eke out a profit. ❋ Daisuke Wakabayashi (2011)

James Staten, John Rymer and Ted Schadler, who all cover what Forrester calls cloud computing and I would call delivering a variety of technology via the web, talked about how learning how to scale and deliver a single type of application or service is the best way to eke out margins in the cloud. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most Asian markets also slipped, although a weaker yen helped Tokyo eke out a gain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Dow industrials managed to eke out a gain for the week, having fallen three of the past four days. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Wall Street Journal ran a page-one article this week illustrating the hardships the Federal Reserve has inflicted on retirees trying to eke out a living from their savings. ❋ James B. Stewart (2011)

With Jersey Shore, MTV decided to do its own line as a way to eke out more revenue from the thriving franchise. ❋ Elizabeth Holmes (2010)

"But 50 years ago it was easier to eke out a living than it is now." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Tom didn't had money to [pay] his [tuition], yet he eked some from [charity] institutions ❋ AUS Student (2010)

Bloods use "CK" to mean "Crip Killer". Crips use "BK" for "[Blood Killer]". "EK all day"! Many gangs other than [Bloods and Crips] use the term other than the letters with B or C in front of [the K] ❋ Nastynate011 (2009)

Person 1: Why have you got bandages around your [wrist]/[hand]? Person 2: I did an [eke]. ❋ Thescalenetriangle (2013)

[Plato] was [eke]. [Jordano] Bruno was burned because he was eke ❋ Rochika (2008)

ek....[dahl]! ek, [you's] straight up [gangsta] man ❋ Nathan Ekdahl (2005)

“Hey, [send] [a pic] of [your face]” “Ek” ❋ Zinyak1503 (2018)

"Eks that off my to-do [list]" ❋ Pandaroselala (2009)

[yo man], that girl was ek eyein me over there [yeah man] that [party] was ek ❋ G-Money Inc. (2008)

Damn that [team] is [full of] eK's! [mommy]!!!!:( ❋ TiKToK (2006)

tim: "yo you hear about dem [eks]?" bill: "[fuq] ya man dey [da bomb]" ❋ Registeredboss (2010)

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