Definitions of glean [glin]

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Definition of 'glean'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) glean
to gather, learn, or find out, usu. bit by bit or slowly and laboriously:
to glean information.

2. glean
to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.

3. (v.i.) glean
to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly.

4. glean
to gather what is left by reapers.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME glenen < OF glener < LL glennāre&indirdesc; Celtic; cf. OIr do-glenn (he) gathers)

Definition of 'glean'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) reap, harvest, glean
gather, as of natural products
"harvest the grapes"

Definition of 'glean'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) glean
a collection made by gleaning

2. (noun) glean
cleaning; afterbirth

3. (verb) glean
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

4. (verb) glean
to gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left

5. (verb) glean
to collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain

6. (verb) glean
to gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers

7. (verb) glean
to pick up or gather anything by degrees

Translation of 'glean'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to collect or pick up small amounts of news, facts etc.
Afrikaans: nalees, versamel, bymekaa	Arabic: يلتَقِطُ أخْبارا	Bulgarian: събирам оттук-оттам
Brazilian: recolher	Czech: sbírat	German: sammeln
Danish: indsamle; opsnappe	Greek: σταχυολογώ	Spanish: recoger, recopilar
Estonian: noppima, (tükkhaaval) kog	Farsi: کم کم جمع کردن	Finnish: koota
French: glaner	Hebrew: ללקט	Hindi: बटोरना, इकट्ठा करना
Croatian: pabirčiti, skupljati	Hungarian: tallóz	Indonesian: mengumpulkan berita, dsb.
Icelandic: safna saman, viða að sér	Italian: spigolare	Japanese: 拾う
Korean: 주워모으다	Lithuanian: surinkti po truputį	Latvian: vākt (faktus u.tml.)
Malay: dikutip	Dutch: vergaren	Norwegian: snappe opp
Polish: zbierać	Persian: کم کم جمع کردن	Pashto: وږى ټولول، وږى او ښتل
Portuguese: recolher	Romanian: a spicui	Russian: собирать (по крупицам)
Slovak: zbierať	Slovenian: nabirati	Serbian: sakupljati
Swedish: snappa upp	Thai: รวบรวมข้อมูล	Turkish: toplamak
Taiwanese: 一點一滴地收集(資料等)	Ukrainian: визбирувати	Urdu: بٹورنا
Vietnamese: góp nhặt	Chinese: 一点点地收集（资料、事实）
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