"eking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ekings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *eking, *eching, deverbal of eken (“to increase, add”), equivalent to eke + -ing. More at eke. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm||*eking, *eching}} Middle English *eking, *eching, {{m|enm|eken||to increase, add}} eken (“to increase, add”), {{suffix|en|eke|ing}} eke + -ing, {{l|en|eke}} eke Head templates: {{en-noun}} eking (plural ekings)
  1. The act or process of adding.
    Sense id: en-eking-en-noun-6DRI5Ntp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 16 43 41
  2. That which is added.
    Sense id: en-eking-en-noun-tb7Slig7 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 16 43 41
  3. (nautical, obsolete) A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-eking-en-noun-uBQyKIjw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 16 43 41 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eeking [obsolete], ekeing
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From eke. Etymology templates: {{m|en|eke}} eke Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} eking
  1. present participle and gerund of eke Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: eke
    Sense id: en-eking-en-verb-ilglw6e5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 14 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 24 15 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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