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ekeing

ekeing is the alternative form of eking.

ekeing is the present participle and gerund of eke.

Meaning of eking

Noun

eking (plural ekings)

  1. The act or process of adding.
  2. That which is added.
  3. (obsolete) A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

Meaning of eke

Verb

eke (third-person singular simple present ekes, present participle eking or ekeing, simple past and past participle eked)

  1. (transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
    • Is not enough, that thruſt from heauen dew / Here endleſſe penaunce for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new / Thou biddeſt me to eeke?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42, page 72

See all 5 meanings of eke

Forms of ekeing

pluralekeings
alternative formeking

Origin of ekeing

From eke (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) addition”) + -ing.

Phrases with ekeing

Questions about ekeing

What is ekeing the alternative form of?
Ekeing is the alternative form of eking.

Words near ekeing in the dictionary

  1. ekecheiria
  2. eked
  3. eked out
  4. ekedst
  5. Ekegusii
  6. ekeing
  7. ekeing out
  8. ekeings
  9. ekekek
  10. ekekheiria
  11. Ekelondaa

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