Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
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"
S: (v) eke out (live from day to day, as with some hardship) "He eked out his years in great poverty"
S: (v) eke out, squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means) "He eked out a living as a painter"