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eking
We have found lemma(root) word of eking : eke.
Definitions
[iːk], (Verb)
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- make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally
(e.g: the remains of yesterday's stew could be eked out to make another meal)
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Old English ēacian, ēcan (in the sense ‘increase’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse auka
[iːk], (Adverb)
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Old English eac, ec, of Germanic origin
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