dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ek_mw.json
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{
"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"
}
}