Verb

• S: (v) eke out, fill out (supplement what is thought to be deficient) "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
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• S: (v) eke out (live from day to day, as with some hardship) "He eked out his years in great poverty"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• S: (v) eke out, squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means) "He eked out a living as a painter"
• S: (v) eke out, squeeze out (obtain with difficulty) "He eked out some information from the archives"