Main Entry: ²eke

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): eked; ek·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English īecan, ēcan; akin to Old High German ouhhōn to add, Latin augēre to increase, Greek auxein

Date: before 12th century

1 archaic : increase, lengthen
2 : to get with great difficulty —usually used with out <eke out a living>