eke

eke

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?

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.

eke

1. dative singular of ek

eke

1. (archaic) Also.

accrescere

aumentare

completare

Altri significati:

(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.

(obsolete except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.

(archaic) Also.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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