Definitions for eke

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Spelling: [eek]
IPA: /ik/

Eke is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 6 anagrams from letters in eke (eek).

Definitions for eke

adverb

  1. also.

Verb phrases

  1. eke out, to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously: to supplement; add to; stretch:

verb (used with object)

  1. to increase; enlarge; lengthen.

Origin of eke

before 1000; Middle English eken, Old English ēac(i)an (intransitive), derivative of ēaca (noun) increase; Middle English echen, Old English ēcan, variant of īecan (transitive) West Germanic

Examples for eke

Can you, from the brief minutes I have left, eke out my reparation?

The polls say Republicans will likely eke out a small majority in the Senate this Election Day.

Polls suggests he should be able to eke out a win of three points or so.

Thanks to an unexpectedly strong showing in the West and the farm belt, Truman managed to eke out re-election.

They made the playoffs just four times and managed to eke out only one playoff series win.

Faults of temper she may have had, and eke narrow prejudices on sundry points.

She had a small pension from the Government, and she worked at dressmaking to eke it out.

President Obama is likely to eke out a popular vote victory and a win the electoral college.

How he contrived to eke out subsistence was difficult to conceive.

Then shall he not go without a ducking and eke a drubbing himself!

Word Value for eke
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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