eke
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eke1 /iːk/
▶verb (eke something out) make something last longer by using or consuming it frugally.
■ manage to make a living with difficulty: many traders barely eked out a living.
– origin OE ēacian, ēcan (in the sense ‘increase’), of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eke2 /iːk/
▶adverb archaic term for also.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
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