Definitions from Wiktionary (glean)
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: To collect fruit, grain, or other produce from (a field, an orchard, etc.), after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ 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.
▸ verb: To take away (someone's) possessions; to strip (someone) bare.
▸ verb: (zoology) 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.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To collect or gather (things) into one mass.
▸ verb: (obsolete, military) To cut off (straggling soldiers separated from their units) during a conflict; to isolate.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To collect fruit, grain, or other produce after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: (zoology) 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.
▸ noun: (obsolete except UK, dialectal) A collection of something made by gleaning.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The afterbirth or placenta of an animal, especially a cow or sheep.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of an animal, especially a cow or sheep: to deliver its afterbirth or placenta.
▸ Also see glean
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▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: To collect fruit, grain, or other produce from (a field, an orchard, etc.), after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ 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.
▸ verb: To take away (someone's) possessions; to strip (someone) bare.
▸ verb: (zoology) 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.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To collect or gather (things) into one mass.
▸ verb: (obsolete, military) To cut off (straggling soldiers separated from their units) during a conflict; to isolate.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To collect fruit, grain, or other produce after the main gathering or harvest.
▸ verb: (zoology) 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.
▸ noun: (obsolete except UK, dialectal) A collection of something made by gleaning.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The afterbirth or placenta of an animal, especially a cow or sheep.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) Of an animal, especially a cow or sheep: to deliver its afterbirth or placenta.
▸ Also see glean
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