అర్థం : Supplement what is thought to be deficient.
							ఉదాహరణ : 
							He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons.
							Braque eked out his collages with charcoal.
							
పర్యాయపదాలు : fill out
అర్థం : Live from day to day, as with some hardship.
							ఉదాహరణ : 
							He eked out his years in great poverty.
							
అర్థం : Make by laborious and precarious means.
							ఉదాహరణ : 
							He eked out a living as a painter.
							
పర్యాయపదాలు : squeeze out
అర్థం : Obtain with difficulty.
							ఉదాహరణ : 
							He eked out some information from the archives.
							
పర్యాయపదాలు : squeeze out