Eke

Definition:

(v. t.) 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.
(adv.) In addition; also; likewise.
(n.) An addition.

Compare eke with other words:

eke vs. subsist

beehive vs. eke

addition vs. eke

eke vs. lengthen

augment vs. eke

eke vs. increase