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Definition: EKED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Eke.[Websters]
2. To be elevated or exalted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have intensified, redoubled or magnified. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have gained, increased or accessioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To be enhanced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have augmented, added, broadened, accreted or aggrandised. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To be advanced or upturned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have lengthened, extended, maximized or poked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have joined, thickened or affixed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb eke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(eke)
1. 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.[Websters].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: eking, eked, ekes, eker, ekers, ekingly and ekedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Eked" is a common misspelling or typo for: ekes, eeked.

Date "Eked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: EKED

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Increased; lengthened.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of eke. (references)

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Definition: EKED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Eke.[Websters]
2. To be elevated or exalted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have intensified, redoubled or magnified. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have gained, increased or accessioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To be enhanced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have augmented, added, broadened, accreted or aggrandised. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To be advanced or upturned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have lengthened, extended, maximized or poked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have joined, thickened or affixed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb eke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(eke)
1. 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.[Websters].
2. Base verb from the following inflections: eking, eked, ekes, eker, ekers, ekingly and ekedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"EKED" is a common misspelling or typo for: ekes, eeked.

Date "EKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: EKED

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Increased; lengthened.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of eke. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: eke

ExpressionsDefinition
Eke out1: Supplement what is thought to be deficient. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 2: Live from day to day, as with some hardship. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 3: Obtain with difficulty. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 4: Make by laborious and precarious means. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: EKE


EKE

EKE or Eke may refer to:

  • Eke (dance), a Tongan group dance
  • Encrypted key exchange, a family of password-authenticated key agreement methods
  • Eke, a town part of the municipality Nazareth in Belgium
  • Eke, an Igbo deity

People named Eke:

  • Eke Uzoma (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
  • John Eke (1886-1964), Swedish athlete
  • Michael Eke (born 1968), former policeman
  • Eke (raja) a 17th century raja of Adonara.

See also

  • Eek
  • Eke Silversword
  • Keith Eke is my friend

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "EKE". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: eke

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Eke Uzoma7   Alexander Eke2
Michael Eke4   EKE4
John Eke4   Eke Uzoma7
EKE4   John Eke4
Alexander Eke2   Michael Eke4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).