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To supplement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To obtain with difficulty or effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: squeeze out
- He eked out a living selling vegetables from his garden.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeeze out
Antonyms: none provided
obtain with difficulty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He eked out some information from the archives
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeeze out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obtain
make by laborious and precarious means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He eked out a living as a painter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeeze out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
supplement what is thought to be deficient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
- Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fill out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supplement
live from day to day, as with some hardship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He eked out his years in great poverty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: live
From obsolete eke (“to add to, augment; to increase”) + out.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
aanvullen
— to supplement
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Dutch:
rekken
— to supplement
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Finnish:
venyttää
— to supplement
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Finnish:
täydentää
— to supplement
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French:
améliorer
— to supplement
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French:
augmenter
— to supplement
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French:
accroître un peu
— to supplement
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French:
faire durer
— to supplement
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Georgian:
ავსებს
(avsebs)
— to supplement
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Georgian:
აუმჯობესებს
(aumǯobesebs)
— to supplement
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Georgian:
შეავსებს
(šeavsebs)
— to supplement
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Georgian:
გააუმჯობესებს
(gaaumǯobesebs)
— to supplement
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German:
aufbessern
— to supplement
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German:
dazuverdienen
— to supplement
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German:
hinzuverdienen
— to supplement
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German:
strecken
— to supplement
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Hungarian:
kiegészít
— to supplement
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Hungarian:
kipótol
— to supplement
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Italian:
integrare
— to supplement
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Italian:
arrotondare
— to supplement
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Polish:
dorabiać
— to supplement
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Polish:
dorobić
— to supplement
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Russian:
дополня́ть
(dopolnjátʹ)
— to supplement
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Spanish:
suplir
— to supplement
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Spanish:
complementar
— to supplement
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Swedish:
dryga ut
— to supplement
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Czech:
žít z ruky do úst
— to obtain with difficulty
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Czech:
živořit
— to obtain with difficulty
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Dutch:
bijeenscharrelen
— to obtain with difficulty
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Dutch:
bijeenscharten
— to obtain with difficulty
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Finnish:
kituuttaa
— to obtain with difficulty
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French:
arracher
— to obtain with difficulty
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French:
décrocher
— to obtain with difficulty
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French:
essayer de joindre les deux bouts
— to obtain with difficulty
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French:
gagner tout juste sa vie
— to obtain with difficulty
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Georgian:
აღწევს
(aɣc̣evs)
— to obtain with difficulty
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Georgian:
ახერხებს
(axerxebs)
— to obtain with difficulty
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Georgian:
თავს ართმევს
(tavs artmevs)
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
ergattern
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
erringen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
erhaschen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
abtrotzen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
herausholen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
abgewinnen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
zusammenkratzen
— to obtain with difficulty
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German:
über die Runden kommen
— to obtain with difficulty
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Hungarian:
tengődik
— to obtain with difficulty
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Hungarian:
éldegél
— to obtain with difficulty
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Indonesian:
bersusah payah
— to obtain with difficulty
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Italian:
sbarcare il lunario
— to obtain with difficulty
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Italian:
tirare avanti
— to obtain with difficulty
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Italian:
tirare la carretta
— to obtain with difficulty
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Polish:
wiązać koniec z końcem
— to obtain with difficulty
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Russian:
добыва́ть
(dobyvátʹ)
— to obtain with difficulty
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Serbo-Croatian:
navlačiti
— to obtain with difficulty
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Spanish:
ganar a duras penas
— to obtain with difficulty
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Spanish:
subsistir a duras penas
— to obtain with difficulty