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to glean
01
to gather leftover crops or grains from fields after the harvest
Old use
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
glean
3rd person singular
gleans
Present participle
gleaning
Past simple
gleaned
Past participle
gleaned
Examples
The peasants glean wheat from the fields after the harvest to supplement their meager food supplies.
02
to carefully collect small amounts of information, facts, or knowledge over time from different sources
Examples
She gleaned useful tips from the interview.
Lexical Tree
gleaner
glean
