Definition of Glean. Meaning of Glean. Synonyms of Glean

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Definition of Glean

Glean
Glean Glean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.] [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh?u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand?ul.] 1. 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. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. --Locke.
Glean
Glean Glean, v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. --Ruth ii. 3. 2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. --Pope.
Glean
Glean Glean, n. A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. --Dryden.
Glean
Glean Glean, n. Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] --Holland.

Meaning of Glean from wikipedia

- Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops in the field after harvest. During harvest, there is food that is left or missed often because it does...
- Look up glean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gleaning is a post-harvest agricultural process. Glean may also refer to: Gleaning (birds), a feeding...
- Glean Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) and search capabilities. According...
- Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds and bats in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground...
- Glean is the seventeenth studio album from New York City-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, released on April 21, 2015. It is composed...
- Arnold Glean, GCMG (11 February 1932 – 21 December 2021) was a Grenadian politician, who served as governor-general of Grenada from 2008 to 2013. Glean was...
- Gleaning Network is the most widespread and volunteer-oriented of the Society of St. Andrew's ministries. Gleaning is the traditional Biblical practice...
- Dermot O'Mallun, 1st Baron Glean-O'Mallun (died 1 May 1639) was an Irish lawyer. A Roman Catholic, he was educated abroad and became learned in the law...
- are picking the leftover food from farming left in the fields, they are gleaning. People dumpster dive for items such as clothing, furniture, food, and...
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