glean

glean  (gln)

v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans

v.intr.

To gather grain left behind by reapers.

v.tr.

1. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.

2. To collect bit by bit: "records from which historians glean their knowledge" (Kemp Malone). See Synonyms at reap.

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[Middle English glenen, from Old French glener, from Late Latin glennre, probably of Celtic origin.]

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gleaner n.

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glean

Verb

1. to gather (information) bit by bit

2. to gather the useful remnants of (a crop) after harvesting [Old French glener]

gleaner n

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Glean a sheaf or bundle of a commodity which has been gleaned. See also garb.

Examples: glean of corn, 1602; of faith, 1654; of grain; of hemp, 1664; of herrings; of teasles, 1794; of yellow thyme, 1697; of wheat, 1430.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

glean - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" harvest, reap cut - reap or harvest; "cut grain" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

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glean

verb gather, learn, pick up, collect, harvest, accumulate, reap, garner, amass, cull

Translations

glean [gliːn] vt (= gather) [+ information] → recoger

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glean [gliːn] vt [+ information] → recueillir

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glean [gliːn] vt (information) → herausbekommen, ausfindig machen

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glean [gliːn] vt [+ information] → racimolare

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glean

v glean [gliːn]

to collect or pick up small amounts of news, facts etc. nalees, versamel, bymekaarmaak يلتَقِطُ أخْبارا събирам оттук-оттам sbírat indsamle; opsnappe sammeln σταχυολογώ recoger, recopilar noppima, (tükkhaaval) koguma کم کم جمع کردن kerätä glaner ללקט बटोरना, इकट्ठा करना pabirčiti, skupljati tallóz mengumpulkan berita, dsb. safna saman, viða að sér spigolare 拾う 모으다 surinkti po truputį vākt (faktus u.tml.) dikutip vergaren snappe opp zbierać recolher a spicui собирать (по крупицам) zbierať nabirati sakupljati snappa upp รวบรวมข้อมูล toplamak 收集 визбирувати بٹورنا góp nhặt 收集