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Definition eke

Etymology 1

From Middle English eken (“to increase”), from Old English ?ecan, ?can or Old English ?acan (“to increase”), from Proto-Germanic *aukan? (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwg-e-ti, from *h?ewg- (“to increase”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål øke, Danish øge, Icelandic auka, Swedish öka, Latin auge?, Old English ?ac (“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.
Noun

eke (plural ekes)

  1. (obsolete) An addition.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eke, eake (“an addition”), from Old English ?aca (“an addition, increase, advantage, usury, interest”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“an addition, increase”). Akin to Old Frisian ?ka (“addition, increase, bonus”), Old Norse auki (“increase, growth, proliferation”).

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 ?ac, ?c (“also”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Akin to Saterland Frisian uk, ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), German auch (“also”), Swedish ock (“also”).

Adverb

eke (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Also.

Results 447 Words with the letters EKE

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7 letter words with the letters EKE 
6 letter words with the letters EKE 
ACKEES 13
AKENES 11
ALKENE 12
BEAKED 14
BEAKER 13
BECKED 17
BECKET 16
BEDECK 17
BELIKE 14
BERAKE 13
BETAKE 13
BREEKS 13
CHEEKS 15
CHEEKY 17
CLEEKS 14
CREEKS 13
DEBEAK 14
DECKED 15
DECKEL 15
DECKER 14
DECKLE 15
DEKARE 11
EKUELE 12
ESKERS 10
EUREKA 11
EVOKED 15
EVOKER 14
EVOKES 14
FAKEER 13
GECKED 16
GLEEKS 13
HACKEE 15
HAKEEM 15
HECKLE 16
JERKED 20
JERKER 19
KEBBIE 16
KECKED 18
KECKLE 18
KEDGED 14
KEDGES 13
KEEKED 15
KEELED 12
KEENED 12
KEENER 11
KEENLY 14
KEEPER 13
KEEVES 14
KEGGER 14
KEGLER 13
KELEPS 14
KELPED 15
KELPIE 14
KELTER 11
KENNED 13
KENNEL 13
KEPPED 17
KEPPEN 17
KERBED 14
KERFED 14
KERMES 13
KERNED 12
KERNEL 12
KERNES 11
KERSEY 12
KETENE 11
KETONE 11
KETOSE 10
KETTLE 11
KEVELS 15
KEYSET 12
KNEELS 12
KREEPS 13
LEAKED 12
LEAKER 11
MEEKER 13
MEEKLY 16
MEIKLE 14
NECKED 15
NECKER 14
PEAKED 14
PECKED 17
PECKER 16
PEEKED 14
PEKOES 13
PERKED 14
PERUKE 14
RAKEES 10
REBECK 16
REBUKE 14
RECKED 14
REEKED 11
REEKER 10
REKEYS 12
REMAKE 13
REPERK 13
RESEEK 10
RETAKE 10
REVOKE 14
REWAKE 13
REWOKE 13
SEEKER 10
SHEKEL 13
SICKEE 13
SKEANE 11
SKEENS 11
SKEETS 10
SKENES 11
SKEWED 14
SKEWER 13
SLEEKS 11
SLEEKY 13
SMEEKS 13
STEEKS 10
STREEK 10
UPKEEP 17
VAKEEL 15
WEAKEN 14
WEAKER 13
WEEKLY 16
YERKED 13
YEUKED 14
ZEBECK 25
5 letter words with the letters EKE 
ACKEE 12
AKENE 10
APEEK 12
CHEEK 14
CLEEK 13
CREEK 12
DEKED 11
DEKES 10
EVOKE 13
GEEKS 11
GEEKY 13
GLEEK 12
GREEK 11
KEDGE 12
KEEFS 12
KEEKS 13
KEELS 10
KEENS 10
KEEPS 12
KEEVE 13
KELEP 13
KERNE 10
KEVEL 14
KEXES 16
KEYED 12
KNEED 11
KNEEL 11
KNEES 10
KREEP 12
LEEKS 10
PEEKS 12
PEKES 12
PEKOE 12
REEKY 11
REKEY 11
SKEED 10
SKEEN 10
SKENE 10
SLEEK 10
SMEEK 12
WEEKS 12
4 letter words with the letters EKE 
AKEE 8
DEKE 9
EKED 9
EKES 8
GEEK 10
KEEF 11
KEEK 12
KEEL 9
KEEN 9
KEEP 11
KEET 8
KNEE 9
LEEK 9
LEKE 9
MEEK 11
PEEK 11
PEKE 11
REEK 8
SEEK 8
SKEE 8
WEEK 11
3 letter words with the letters EKE 
EEK 7
EKE 7

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