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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024glean /glin/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to gather or find out, usually bit by bit and with hard work:to glean information.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glean (glēn),USA pronunciation v.t. - to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.
- to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.
v.i. - to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly.
- to gather what is left by reapers.
- Late Latin glennāre Celtic
- Old French glener
- Middle English glenen 1350–1400
glean′a•ble, adj. glean′er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged garner, deduce, infer.
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