Definition of gleans Gleans

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Verb gleans, gleaning, gleaned
glean - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
		reap, harvest
		pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"

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glean (Noun)
A collection made by gleaning.
glean (Noun)
cleaning; afterbirth.
glean (Verb)
To harvest grain leave left behind after the crop has been reaped.
glean (Verb)
To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit .
glean (Verb)
To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.

glean (v. t.)
To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
glean (v. t.)
To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
glean (v. t.)
To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
glean (v. i.)
To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
glean (v. i.)
To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
glean (n.)
A collection made by gleaning.
glean (n.)
Cleaning; afterbirth.

glean
glēn, v.t. to gather in handfuls after the reapers: to collect (what is thinly scattered).—v.i. to gather the corn left by a reaper.—n. that which is gleaned: the act of gleaning.—ns. Glean′er; Glean′ing. [O. Fr. glener (Fr. glaner), through Low L. glenāre, glena, from Teut.]