Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of adding.
- noun That which is added.
- noun The carved work under the lower part of the quarterpiece of a ship at the aft part of the quarter-gallery. Also
eke .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
- noun The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
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- verb Present participle of
eke . - noun The act or process of
adding . - noun That which is added.
- noun nautical, obsolete A supplementary piece of
timber used to lengthen another.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Washington turned the ball over three times in eking out a 20-17 victory, on a late field goal by Chip Lohmiller.
Sitting in the stands, waiting for Green Bay Box Seats blogger 2010
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Not just to keep it safe against grievous global impingements, especially from America, but also make it work for the millions of the ordinary working class Malaysians depending desperately on him to accomplish a decent job so that the idea of eking a living can still be honest and bearable.
unknown title 2009
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After spending the last seven seasons with Kansas City, Wiegmann signed on with the Broncos with the idea of eking out another year in the league as
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e 1 _ .. in l 'l l their brow-ridges mster; su a e shuddered at the idea of eking out a living with so few stces to use to challenge nature.
A different flesh Turtledove, Harry 1988
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The first great migration that she took part in, was a migration of Southern rural blacks, who were living in the hills of the South, kind of eking out an existence as small farmers, into the sharecropper system, which existed on big plantations.
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America 1991
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The movie centers on an undocumented landscaper eking out a living for him and his American-born son, a teenager disillusioned with his dad and his own prospects for adulthood.
The Truck Thief 2011
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Greece has had trouble for years eking money out of its government land holdings.
Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale Charles Forelle 2011
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The American story includes the narratives of those shadowy figures that hover at the periphery of mainstream life, eking out what they can from the margins, getting by while hiding out and hoping for a better day, if not for themselves, then for their children.
Tony Phillips: Maple Wars: America Home to Millions of Undocumented Canadians Tony Phillips 2011
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In previous years, Arsenal were known as a dour, if effective, outfit, masters at eking out a 1-0 victory.
Arsène Wenger: the blinkered visionary | Observer profile 2011
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Noah Wyle something of a Spielberg TV good luck charm after his years on ER heads a pretty solid cast of puny Earth creatures eking out a living some four months after our planet was swiftly invaded and conquered.
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See also eiking.
October 15, 2021