vverb.possessionsupplement what is thought to be deficientSynset:fill out
Examples:- He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
- Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
Hypernyms:supplement
Inherited Hypernyms:eke outsupplementaddincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.stativelive from day to day, as with some hardshipExamples:- He eked out his years in great poverty
Hypernyms:live
Inherited Hypernyms:eke outlive
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionmake by laborious and precarious meansSynset:squeeze out
Examples:- He eked out a living as a painter
Hypernyms:bring in clear earn gain make pull in realise realize take in
Inherited Hypernyms:eke outgainget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionobtain with difficultySynset:squeeze out
Examples:- He eked out some information from the archives
Hypernyms:obtain
Inherited Hypernyms:eke outobtainget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP