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eking

eking noun: the act or process of adding. Also the present participle and gerund of eke.

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.

Also used as

eking is also the present participle and gerund of eke.

Forms of eking

pluralekings
alternative formeeking
alternative formekeing

Origin of eking

From Middle English *eking, *eching, deverbal of eken (“to increase, add”), equivalent to eke + -ing. More at eke.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases with eking

Questions about eking

What does eking mean?
Eking means the act or process of adding.
What part of speech is eking?
Eking is a noun.
What is the plural of eking?
The plural of eking is ekings.

Words near eking in the dictionary

  1. Ekholms
  2. eki
  3. ekiben
  4. ekiden
  5. ekimmu
  6. eking
  7. eking out
  8. ekings
  9. Ekins
  10. Ekinses
  11. Ekiran

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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