- eke⇄eke (1), transitive verb, eked,eking.
(Archaic and Dialect.) to increase; enlarge; lengthen. - eke⇄eke (2), adverb, conjunction.
(Archaic.) also; moreover; in addition. - eke⇄expr. eke out,
a. to add to; increase; help; supplement.
Ex. The clerk eked out his regular wages by working in the evenings. ... material in print eked out with scraps of hearsay (New Statesman).
b. to barely manage to make (a living