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eke

/iːk/

US pronunciation
American sound/iːk/
eke
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> eke

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပို၍ တာရှည်ခံအောင် ခြစ်ခြုတ်သုံးသည်။

Full entry

eke /i:k/ v

❏ eke sth out [PHRV ]
၁။ ပို၍ တာရှည်ခံအောင် ခြစ်ခြုတ်သုံးသည်။
eke out a student grant.
၂။ ယင်းသို့ဖြင့် အသက်ဆက်နေရသည်။
eking out a meagre existence on the barren soil.

More examples
  • [eke out a living/an existence] : The family barely manages to eke out a living from their small farm.
  • Their meagre supplies have to be eked out throughout the winter.
Synonyms
augment, economize, fill, husband, increase, lengthen, magnify, stretch, supplement
Cross references
augmenteconomizefillhusbandincreaselengthenmagnifystretchsupplementbarrengrantmeagreoutsoilsthstudentthe
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