<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object), eked, ek·ing.</li><li>to increase; enlarge; lengthen.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously: They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land.</li><li>to supplement; add to; stretch: to eke out an income with odd jobs.</li></ul>