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eke out

Definitions

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  • verb transitive to supplement
  • verb transitive To obtain with difficulty or effort.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb supplement what is thought to be deficient
  • verb live from day to day, as with some hardship
  • verb make by laborious and precarious means
  • verb obtain with difficulty

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synonyms (24)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accomplish
  2. bring to completion
  3. bring to fruition
  4. complete
  5. cope
  6. fill in
  7. fill out
  8. fulfill
  9. get by
  10. keep afloat
  11. make ends meet
  12. make good
  13. make out
  14. make up
  15. manage
  16. mature
  17. piece out
  18. refill
  19. replenish
  20. round out
  21. scrape along
  22. subsist
  23. survive
  24. top off

hypernyms (12)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bring in
  2. clear
  3. earn
  4. gain
  5. live
  6. make
  7. obtain
  8. pull in
  9. realise
  10. realize
  11. supplement
  12. take-in

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  • frindley commented on the word eke out

    See eke.

    April 18, 2008