eke

See also Eke

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēk, IPA: /iːk/, X-SAMPA: /i:k/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophone: eek

Etymology 1

From Middle English eken (“to increase”), from Old English īecan (“to increase”), from West Germanic aukjana, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”). Akin to Danish øge, Icelandic auka, Swedish öka and Latin augeō, Old English ēac (“also”).

Verb

eke (third-person singular simple present ekes, present participle eking, simple past and past participle eked)

1. (obsolete except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto I.v

     Here endlesse penance for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeance new / Thou biddest me to eeke?

   • 2012 July 11, Ben Perry, “Branson's spaceship steals the spotlight at airshow”, Yahoo News, accessed on 2012-07-12:

     British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders.

Translations

To increase; to add to, augment, lenghten

• Bulgarian: прибавям, допълвам, удължавам (bg) (pribavjam, dopǎlvam, udǎlžavam)

• Russian: добавлять (ru) (dobavljatʹ), увеличивать (ru) (uveličivatʹ), удлинять (ru) (udlinjatʹ)

Noun

eke (plural ekes)

1. (obsolete) An addition.
   • Geddes

     Clumsy ekes that may well be spared.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eke, eake (“an addition”), from Old English ēaca (“an addition”). Akin to Old Norse auki (“an addition”).

Noun

eke (plural ekes)

1. (beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.

Etymology 3

From Middle English eek (“also”), from Old English ēac, ēc (“also”), from Proto-Germanic *auk. Akin to West Frisian ek, Dutch ook (“also”), German auch (“also”), Swedish ock (“also”).

Adverb

eke (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Also.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     'Tis false: for Arthur wore in hall / Round-table like a farthingal, / On which, with shirt pull'd out behind, / And eke before, his good knights dined.

   • 1782, The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper

     'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'

Translations

also

• Russian: также (ru) (tákže), тоже (ru) (tóže)

See also

• eke out

Anagrams

• eek

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare the Turkish verb form ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛkɛ/
• Hyphenation: eke

Noun

eke (plural ekék)

1. plough (Commonwealth), plow (USA)

Declension

declension of eke singular plural nominative eke ekék accusative ekét ekéket dative ekének ekéknek instrumental ekével ekékkel causal-final ekéért ekékért translative ekévé ekékké terminative ekéig ekékig essive-formal ekeként ekékként essive-modal - - inessive ekében ekékben superessive ekén ekéken adessive ekénél ekéknél illative ekébe ekékbe sublative ekére ekékre allative ekéhez ekékhez elative ekéből ekékből delative ekéről ekékről ablative ekétől ekéktől

possessives of eke possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. ekém ekéim 2nd person sing. ekéd ekéid 3rd person sing. ekéje ekéi 1st person plural ekénk ekéink 2nd person plural ekétek ekéitek 3rd person plural ekéjük ekéik

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Maori

Verb

eke

1. to embark

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish, from ek (“oak”).

Noun

eke n

1. (uncountable) wood of oak

Declension

Declension of eke

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	eke	eket
genitive	ekes	ekets

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Turkish

Noun

eke

1. dative singular form of ek

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Volapük

Pronoun

eke

1. dative singular of ek