dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ek_mw.json

{
  "Ekurhuleni":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "municipality in northeastern Republic of South Africa including the city of Germiston population 3,178,500":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-ku\u0307r-h\u00fc-\u02c8l\u0101-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140718"
  },
  "eke":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": also":[],
      ": increase , lengthen":[],
      ": to get with great difficulty":[
        "\u2014 usually used with out eke out a living"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "scrape (up ",
      "scrounge",
      "squeeze",
      "wrest",
      "wring"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Woe to the fools sent to eke a victory out of this. \u2014 Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Those early pioneers figured out how to harness water to eke a living out of the inhospitable, arid West. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Restaurants operate with razor-thin profit margins in normal times, so they\u2019re built to eke their way into the black, not reinvent themselves wholesale. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "And yet amid the obvious standstill, a coterie of lawmakers including Greene continues to eke political mileage out of seeming perpetually on the verge of making Silicon Valley pay. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Just as optimism began to eke its way into the minds of corporate leaders, a wave of uncertainty reared its ugly head. \u2014 Brian Peccarelli, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "So Gilmer looks for ways to eke more power out of the lines where congestion is a big problem. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "To get to the Final Four in the first of back-to-back seasons, the Badgers had to eke past top-seeded Arizona in the Elite Eight, with a 64-63 thriller in overtime. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "And lots and lots of redwoods. Northern California is a treasure trove of memorable adventures for travelers hoping to eke every bit of enjoyment out of summer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English \u0113ac ; akin to Old High German ouh also, Latin aut or, Greek au again":"Adverb",
      "Middle English, from Old English \u012becan, \u0113can ; akin to Old High German ouhh\u014dn to add, Latin aug\u0113re to increase, Greek auxein":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063858"
  },
  "eke out":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement":[
        "eked out his income by getting a second job"
      ],
      ": to make (a supply) last by economy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0113k-\u02c8au\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "eked out a living from the family's small farm"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223719"
  }
}