EGAVE

glean

About 0.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
  2. verb To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
  3. verb To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
  4. verb To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
  5. verb To take away (someone's) possessions; to strip (someone) bare.
  6. verb Of an animal, especially a bat or a bird: to feed by picking up or plucking (prey, mainly arthropods such as insects) from various places.
  7. verb To collect or gather (things) into one mass.
  8. verb To cut off (straggling soldiers separated from their units) during a conflict; to isolate.

Similar words

harvest reap garner draw collect gather get obtain grub scrape together

Often followed by

from the a some information in what any that

Word family

gleanable gleaned gleaner gleaners gleaning gleans

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