Source : WordNet®

eke out
     v 1: supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his
          meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out
          his collages with charcoal" [syn: {fill out}]
     2: live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out
        his years in great poverty"
     3: make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a
        living as a painter" [syn: {squeeze out}]
     4: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from
        the archives" [syn: {squeeze out}]