eke ( synonym found)
Definition of eke:

°To increase; to add to; to augment; now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition.
"to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other"
°(archaic) Also.
°A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.
Definition of eke:

°To increase; to add to; to augment; now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition.
"to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other"
°(archaic) Also.
°A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.
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