Sekirov Dictionary

eke

/iːk/

noun 3
adverb 1
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 1

noun3

(dialect) An addition.
A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.
(no longer used) A small stand on which a beehive is placed.

adverb1

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(no longer used) Also; in addition to.
- The soote [i.e., sweet] season, that bud and blome forth brings, / With grene hath clad the hill, and eke the vale: […] — 1548

verb1

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Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
- Is not enough, that thrust from heauen dew / Here endlesse penaunce for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new / Thou biddest me to eeke? — 1590

forms

eked · ekedst · ekeing · eking · ekes · eketh · ekest

Phrases with eke

eke out
To supplement.

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