glean
11glean — *reap, gather, garner, harvest Analogous words: pick (see CHOOSE): *strip, divest …
12glean — [v] pick out, collect accumulate, amass, ascertain, conclude, cull, deduce, extract, garner, gather, harvest, learn, pick, reap, select, sift, winnow; concepts 31,135 …
13glean — ► VERB 1) collect gradually from various sources. 2) historical gather (leftover grain) after a harvest. DERIVATIVES gleaner noun. ORIGIN Latin glennare …
14glean — [glēn] vt., vi. [ME glenen < OFr glener < VL glennare < Celt, as in OIr dīgleinn, he gleans < IE * ĝhlend < base * ĝhel : see GLEAM] 1. to collect (grain, etc. left by reapers) 2. to collect the remaining grain, etc. from (a reaped …
15glean — [[t]glin[/t]] v. t. 1) to gather, learn, or find out, usu. bit by bit or slowly and laboriously: to glean information[/ex] 2) to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers 3) to collect or gather anything little by little… …
16glean — v. (D; tr.) to glean from * * * [gliːn] (D; tr.) to glean from …
17glean — verb 1 (T) to find out facts and information slowly and with difficulty: glean sth from: I ve managed to glean a few details about him from his friends. 2 (I, T) to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut …
18glean — UK [ɡliːn] / US [ɡlɪn] verb Word forms glean : present tense I/you/we/they glean he/she/it gleans present participle gleaning past tense gleaned past participle gleaned 1) [transitive] to learn small pieces of information by asking questions or… …
19glean — verb /ɡliːn/ a) To harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped. Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. b) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit… …
20Glean — The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were to be left for the poor to glean. Similar laws were given… …
