[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to increase; enlarge; lengthen."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.to supplement; add to; stretch:to eke out an income with odd jobs.", "to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.", "to supplement; add to; stretch:to eke out an income with odd jobs."]}, {"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["also ."]}]