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Definitions: EKE |
EKEAdverb1. In addition; also; likewise. Noun1. An addition. Transitive verb1. To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. |
Date "EKE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Addition | Adverb: au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover. |
Completeness | Render complete; Adjective: complete; (accomplish); fill, charge, load, replenish; make up, make good; piece out, eke out; supply deficiencies; fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of; saturate. |
Diuturnity | Tarry; (be late); drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: EKE |
| English words defined with "EKE": Eeke, eke out, Eked, Eking ♦ To owe one a spite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "EKE": Gilpin ♦ HARVARD. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "EKE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (plough, plow). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Kard és eke (1918) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Economic History | Uzbekistan | Import levels have dropped from a high of 4.2 billion in 1996 to 2.6 billion in 1999. Exports have also dropped, from a high of 3.7 billion in 1997 to under $3 billion in 1999, of which raw cotton exports account for about 35%. By this drastic reduction in trade, Uzbekistan has managed to eke out a modest balance of payments surplus of $359 million in 1999. Cotton export revenues are very vulnerable to low harvests and to low cotton prices; low harvests in 1998 and 2000 were offset by higher prices, but the higher 1999 harvest was offset by lower prices, leaving overall cotton export income fairly steady at about $1.1 billion. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "EKE" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "EKE" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 71.43% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25.71% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.86% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "EKE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eke | Last name | 100 | 73,255 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "EKE": eke out ♦ eke out a bare existence ♦ eke out a livelihood ♦ eke out a living ♦ eke out one's living. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eke | 29 |
eke lamp projector | 12 |
eke bulb | 11 |
eke lamp | 11 |
eke lamp projector slide | 10 |
eke lamp overhead projector | 8 |
eke solex | 3 |
eke grecav | 2 |
eke tr.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjithashtu (also, as well, both, furthermore, likewise, moreover, so, too). (various references) | |
Arabic | زود (accommodate, assort, button, cap, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, gloss, irrigate, lend, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), إقتصد (economize, eke out, manage, retrench, save, scrimp, sock away, spare). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | също (also, as well, besides, ditto, item, same, too). (various references) | |
Czech | vyrovnat (balance, clear off, compound, eke out, equalize, even, even out, even up, flatten, justify, level up, meet, quit, settle, settle up, smooth out, stack up, steady), nastavit (angle, eke out, lengthen, stretch, tune). (various references) | |
Farsi | همچنین (Also, Too), جمع کردن (Add, Agglomerate, Aggregate, Callup, Cluster, Collect, Constrict, Convene, Gather, Gross, Immobilize, In, Purse, Reef, Rollup, Total, Tote), افزودن (Add, Adjoin, Aggrandize, Amplify, Append, Augment, Enhance, Imp, Increase, Inset, Redouble), اضافه کردن بر. (various references) | |
French | gagner (eke out). (various references) | |
German | ergänzen (add, add to, after-culture, amend, amplify, beating, beating up, blank-filling, complement, complete, expand, filling fail places, gapping, infilling, overplanting, patching up, recruit, recruiting, reinforcement planting, repair planting, replenish, supplement, supply, to complement, to complete, to eke, to recruit, to supplement (with)). (various references) | |
Greek | συμπληρώνω (complement, complete, eke out, fill in, fill out, restock, supplement, top off). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szintén (also, as well, likewise, too), is (also, as well, elfin, likewise, too). (various references) | |
Italian | completare (accomplish, complete, consummate, finish, integrate, mature, supplement, terminate), aumentare (add, advance, aggrandise, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up, compound, enhance, escalate, gain, gather, grow, heighten, increase, increments, Mount, put on, put up, raise, rise, step up, swell, to increase), accrescere (accrete, enhance, heighten, increase). (various references) | |
Manx | dy heeyney magh (eke out). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ekeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | expulsor, também (also, as well, beside, besides, either, item, likewise, so, still, too, yet), aumentar (accrete, accrue, add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, develop, double, enhance, enlarge, expand, explode, gain, get about, go up, grow, heighten, increase, inflated, intensify, lengthen, magnify, markdown, raise, redouble, redound, rise, steepen, stiffen, thicken, up, wax), alargar (amplify, broaden, ease, enlarge, expand, extend, flare up, let up, loosen, slacken, splay, widen). (various references) | |
Romanian | trage targã pe uscat (eke out a living), prelungi (drive, eke out, extend, last, lengthen, pause on, prolong, protract, spread), lungi (dilate, dilute, draw out, eke out, extend, lengthen, let down, protract, spin out, stretch), adãuga la (add to, eke out). (various references) | |
Russian | также (also, as well, either, hereto, just as, likewise, same as, so, too). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dopuniti (complement, eke out, fill, supplement). (various references) | |
Spanish | suplir las deficiencias (eke out). (various references) | |
Swedish | få att räcka till (eke out), dryga ut (eke out, spin out, stretch). (various references) | |
Thai | หาเพิ่มเติม. (various references) | |
Turkish | hem de (also, as well as, at that, besides, besides that, in addition), dahi (also, as well, even, genius, item, likewise, prodigy, too, wizard). (various references) | |
Ukranian | теж (also, both, either), також (also, as well, besides, both, either, item, likewise, so, too), доповнювати (become, complement, fill up, supplement), додавати (add, add to, add together, add up, affix, annex, append, augment, cumulate, put, subjoin, sum, throw in). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ecan, eacan, eacian. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EKE": eked, ekes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "EKE": deke, leke, peke. (additional references) | |
Words containing "EKE": beekeeper, beekeepers, beekeeping, beekeepings, cheeked, cleeked, deked, dekes, dovekey, dovekeys, gamekeeper, gamekeepers, gatekeeper, gatekeepers, gatekeeping, gleeked, housekeep, housekeeper, housekeepers, housekeeping, housekeepings, housekeeps, housekept, keeked, meeker, meekest, peacekeeper, peacekeepers, peacekeeping, peacekeepings, peeked, pekes, reeked, reeker, reekers, rekey, rekeyboard, rekeyboarded, rekeyboarding, rekeyboards, rekeyed, rekeying, rekeys, safekeeping, safekeepings, scorekeeper, scorekeepers, seeker, seekers, shekel, shekels, shrieked, shrieker, shriekers, sleeked, sleeken, sleekened, sleekening, sleekens, sleeker, sleekest, smeeked, steeked, storekeeper, storekeepers, streeked, streeker, streekers, sunseeker, sunseekers, timekeeper, timekeepers, timekeeping, timekeepings, weekend, weekended, weekender, weekenders, weekending, weekends. (additional references) | |
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"EKE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akko, akoe, beke, beki, bekke, eae, eake, ebe, ebke, ec, eca, ecae, ecb, ecca, Ecci, ecd, ece, ecel, ecen, eche, eci, Eciv, eck, ecke, eckle, ecko, ecl, ecn, ecp, ecre, ecs, ecu, Ecv, ecw, ecy, ecz, ede, Edku, eeb, eee, eeee, eeh, Eeky, eeq, efe, Efk, Ege, ehe, ehk, eie, eik, Eika, ejee, ek, Eka, ekei, eker, ekew, ekey, ekg, ekger, eki, ekie, ekil, ekk, ekka, ekm, ekn, Ekofo, ekor, ekow, eks, eku, Ekua, ele, elka, elku, eme, emee, emk, Emka, ene, enk, Enke, Enki, eoe, eok, epe, eqe, Erka, Erkel, Erkki, esk, eske, eskey, ete, eue, euk, euker, evkaf, eyke, Eyken, Eze, Ezee, geke, ika, ike, Ikem, ikey, ikke, iko, jeke, jke, ke, keeh, keem, keex, keez, kege, Keket, kke, mekke, nke, okeh, okoe, rke, Rkka, teki, Uka, Uke, Ukj, vek, veke, yeke, zek, zeke, Zekel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "EKE" (pronounced ē"k) |
| 2 | ē" k | antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bleak, boutique, cacique, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, Creek, critique, Dominique, freak, geek, greek, leak, leek, meek, misspeak, mystique, oblique, peak, peek, physique, pique, reek, respeak, seek, sheik, Sheikh, shriek, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tweak, unique, weak, week, wreak. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-k" | |
+1 letter: akee, deke, eked, ekes, geek, keef, keek, keel, keen, keep, keet, knee, leek, leke, meek, peek, peke, reek, seek, skee, week. | |
+2 letters: ackee, akees, akene, apeek, cheek, cleek, creek, deked, dekes, esker, evoke, geeks, geeky, gleek, greek, kedge, keefs, keeks, keels, keens, keeps, keets, keeve, kelep, kerne, kevel, kexes, keyed, kneed, kneel, knees, kreep, leeks, peeks, pekes, pekoe, rakee, reeks, reeky, rekey, seeks, skeed, skeen, skees, skeet, skene, sleek, smeek, steek, weeks. | |
+3 letters: ackees, akenes, alkene, beaked, beaker, becked, becket, bedeck, belike, berake, betake, breeks, cheeks, cheeky, cleeks, creeks, debeak, decked, deckel, decker, deckle, dekare, ekuele, eskers, eureka, evoked, evoker, evokes, fakeer, gecked, gleeks, hackee, hakeem, heckle, jerked, jerker, kebbie, kecked, keckle, kedged, kedges, keeked, keeled, keened, keener, keenly, keeper, keeves, kegler, keleps, kelped, kelpie, kelter, kenned, kennel, kepped, keppen, kerbed, kerfed, kermes, kerned, kernel, kernes, kersey, ketene, ketone, ketose, kettle, kevels, keyset, kneels, kreeps, leaked, leaker, meeker, meekly, meikle, necked, necker, peaked, pecked, pecker, peeked, pekoes, perked, peruke, rakees, rebeck, rebuke, recked, reeked, reeker, rekeys, remake, reperk, reseek, retake, revoke, rewake, rewoke, seeker, shekel, sickee, skeane, skeens, skeets, skenes, skewed, skewer, sleeks, sleeky, smeeks, steeks, streek, upkeep, vakeel, weaken, weaker, weekly, yerked, yeuked, zebeck. | |
+4 letters: alkenes, apelike, askeses, barkeep, beakers, beakier, beckets, bedecks, bedlike, beelike, befleck, belleek, beraked, berakes, berserk, besmoke, bespake, bespeak, bespoke, betaken, betakes, betoken, bleaker, breaker, buckeen, buckeye, checked, checker, cheeked, chickee, cleeked, clerked, cockeye, creaked, debeaks, deckels, deckers, deckles, dekares, deskmen, dovekey, dovekie, eellike, eikones, ekpwele, elflike, enskied, enskies, enskyed, evokers, eyehook, eyelike, eyewink, fakeers, flecked, freaked, freckle, geckoes, geekier, gemlike, gerenuk, gleeked, hackees, hakeems, hearken, heckled, heckler, heckles, hektare, henlike, henpeck, hoecake, hoelike, icelike, jerkers, jerkier, jerkies, jetlike, kamseen, kantele, kebbies, keckled, keckles, keeking, keelage, keeling, keelson, keeners, keenest, keening, keepers, keeping, keester, kegeler, keglers, keister, kellies, kelpies, kelters, kenches, kennels, kermess, kernels, kernite, kerogen, kerries, kerseys, kestrel, ketches, ketenes, ketones, ketoses, kettles, keyhole, keyless, keynote, keysets, keyster, khedive, kiester, killdee, kimchee, kineses, kleagle, klezmer, kneaded, kneader, kneecap, kneeing, kneeled, kneeler, kneepad, kneepan, knelled, knesset, kokanee, kreuzer, leakage, leakers, leakier, leglike, likened, meekest, meerkat, midweek, miskeep, nakeder, nankeen, neckers, necktie, netlike, netsuke, outkeep, peakier, pealike, peckers, peckier, peeking, peglike, perkier, peruked, perukes, peskier, pickeer, pikemen, pinkeye, prebake, reawake, reawoke, rebecks, rebuked, rebuker, rebukes, recheck, redneck, reekers, reekier, reeking, reevoke, reinked, rekeyed, remaker, remakes, reperks, reseeks, respeak, respoke, restoke, retaken, retaker, retakes, revoked, revoker, revokes, rewaked, rewaken, rewakes, rewoken, seekers, seeking, shekels, sickees, skeanes, skeeing, skeeter, skeined, skelped, skelter, skewers, skreegh, sleeked, sleeken, sleeker, sleekit, sleekly, smeeked, smerked, sneaked, sneaker, sockeye, sokemen, speaker, specked, speckle, steeked, streeks, teacake, tealike, tektite, toelike, tokened, trekked, trekker, tweaked, ukelele, ukulele, upkeeps, vakeels, wakened, wakener, weakens, weakest, weblike, weekday, weekend, wreaked, wreaker, wrecked, wrecker, zebecks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4B 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -.- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004B 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394539 |
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