Eke - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|iːk|
Brit.
|iːk|
verb
- 2012 July 11, Ben Perry, “Branson's spaceship steals the spotlight at airshow”, Yahoo News, accessed on 2012-07-12:
British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders.
noun
- (obsolete) An addition.
- (beekeeping, archaic) 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.
- (beekeeping, archaic) 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.
adverb
- 1782, The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper
'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'
Extra examples
He eked a living by singing on street corners.
The demonstrators were ejected from the hall.
420 workers have been ejected from their jobs with no warning.
Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: eke
he/she/it: ekes
present participle: eking
past tense: eked
past participle: eked
I/you/we/they: eke
he/she/it: ekes
present participle: eking
past tense: eked
past participle: eked
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