eke out, v.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
supplement what is thought to be deficient
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
eke out fill out
sample sentences
"He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons""Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
obtain with difficulty
<verb.possession>
eke out squeeze out
sample sentences
"He eked out some information from the archives"verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
make by laborious and precarious means
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
eke out squeeze out
sample sentences
"He eked out a living as a painter"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
live from day to day, as with some hardship
<verb.stative>
eke out
sample sentences
"He eked out his years in great poverty"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym