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Meanings of glean in English

Portuguese
segar
Catalan
recollir
Spanish
cosechar

Gather, as of natural products.

        segar
        Usage of glean in English
        1
        Though I can't imagine what new information you could glean from it.
        The red pyramid
        2
        And we'll attempt to glean some meaning from the US Presidential debate.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The widow and the orphan were permitted to glean after the harvesters.
        The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Serv...
        4
        Look I on leg, and glean a right in say of she.
        Voice of the Fire
        5
        I was watching him to better glean the meaning of his words.
        The art of racing in the rain
        6
        The gulls follow his boat and glean from the waves behind it.
        Days Off, and Other Digressions
        7
        From the notes of Tomline we glean curious details about the illness.
        William Pitt and the Great War
        8
        This is more hard a thing for glean as I is hear.
        Voice of the Fire
        9
        And that is the way I should prefer to glean my support.
        Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
        10
        I glean, and there is not a help in all I's gleanings.
        Voice of the Fire
        11
        Sometimes, during the harvest, my mother went into the field to glean.
        The True Story of My Life: A Sketch
        12
        Formerly I used to glean some news about you from my sisters.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
        13
        But sheep will glean weeds to a much greater extent than cattle.
        Clovers and How to Grow Them
        14
        They even whispered to each other, endeavoring to glean encouragement by sympathy.
        Oak Openings
        15
        However, how to glean this information from available evidence is not well established.
        Pubmed
        16
        Any information we glean is obtained only if we ask the correct questions.
        The Irish Times
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        Translations for glean
        Spanish
        cosechar
        Glean through the time
        Glean across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        United Kingdom
        Less common