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G0146600 (glēn)v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans v.intr. To gather grain or other produce left behind in a field after harvest.v.tr.1. a. To gather (grain or other produce) left behind after harvest.b. To gather grain or other produce left behind in (a field).2. To collect bit by bit: "records from which historians glean their knowledge" (Kemp Malone). See Synonyms at reap.

[Middle English glenen, from Old French glener, from Late Latin glennāre, probably of Celtic origin.]

glean′er n.

glean

(ɡliːn) vb1. to gather (something) slowly and carefully in small pieces: to glean information from the newspapers. 2. (Agriculture) to gather (the useful remnants of a crop) from the field after harvesting[C14: from Old French glener, from Late Latin glennāre, probably of Celtic origin] ˈgleanable adj ˈgleaner n

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(glin)
v.t. 1. to gather, learn, or find out, usu. bit by bit or slowly and laboriously: to glean information. 2. to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers. v.i. 3. to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly. 4. to gather what is left by reapers. [1350–1400; Middle English glenen < Old French glener < Late Latin glennāre « Celtic; compare Old Irish do-glenn (he) gathers] glean′a•ble, adj. glean′er, n.

Glean

a sheaf or bundle of a commodity which has been gleaned. See also garb.Examples: glean of corn, 1602; of faith, 1654; of grain; of hemp, 1664; of herrings; of teasles, 1794; of yellow thyme, 1697; of wheat, 1430.

glean

Past participle: gleaned
Gerund: gleaning

Imperative
glean
glean

Present
I glean
you glean
he/she/it gleans
we glean
you glean
they glean

Preterite
I gleaned
you gleaned
he/she/it gleaned
we gleaned
you gleaned
they gleaned

Present Continuous
I am gleaning
you are gleaning
he/she/it is gleaning
we are gleaning
you are gleaning
they are gleaning

Present Perfect
I have gleaned
you have gleaned
he/she/it has gleaned
we have gleaned
you have gleaned
they have gleaned

Past Continuous
I was gleaning
you were gleaning
he/she/it was gleaning
we were gleaning
you were gleaning
they were gleaning

Past Perfect
I had gleaned
you had gleaned
he/she/it had gleaned
we had gleaned
you had gleaned
they had gleaned

Future
I will glean
you will glean
he/she/it will glean
we will glean
you will glean
they will glean

Future Perfect
I will have gleaned
you will have gleaned
he/she/it will have gleaned
we will have gleaned
you will have gleaned
they will have gleaned

Future Continuous
I will be gleaning
you will be gleaning
he/she/it will be gleaning
we will be gleaning
you will be gleaning
they will be gleaning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gleaning
you have been gleaning
he/she/it has been gleaning
we have been gleaning
you have been gleaning
they have been gleaning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gleaning
you will have been gleaning
he/she/it will have been gleaning
we will have been gleaning
you will have been gleaning
they will have been gleaning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gleaning
you had been gleaning
he/she/it had been gleaning
we had been gleaning
you had been gleaning
they had been gleaning

Conditional
I would glean
you would glean
he/she/it would glean
we would glean
you would glean
they would glean

Past Conditional
I would have gleaned
you would have gleaned
he/she/it would have gleaned
we would have gleaned
you would have gleaned
they would have gleaned

Thesaurus

Verb

glean - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"harvest, reapcut - reap or harvest; "cut grain"gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

glean

verb gather, learn, pick up, collect, harvest, accumulate, reap, garner, amass, cull At present, we're gleaning information from all sources.

glean

verbTo collect (something) bit by bit:cull, extract, garner, gather, pick up.

Translations

一点点地收集

glean

(gliːn) verb to collect or pick up small amounts of news, facts etc. 一点点地收集（资料、事实）

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glean from (something)

1. To take that which has been left behind, usually grain remaining after a harvest. A noun or pronoun can be used between "glean" and "from." How much grain were you able to glean from the fields today?2. To learn something from a particular source, often secondhand or piecemeal. A noun or pronoun can be used between "glean" and "from." I missed the meeting yesterday, so tell me what you were able to glean from his presentation. What have you been able to glean from the rumors going around?See also: glean

glean something from something

1. Lit. to gather the leftovers of something from something; to gather the ears of grain left in a field after a harvest. The poor people gleaned their entire living from what was left in the fields. We will have to go out and glean something from the fields. 2. and glean something from someone Fig. to figure something out from bits of gossip. I was able to glean some important news from Tommy. Tell me the news you gleaned from the people in town.See also: glean

glean from

v.1. To learn something or figure something out using some information gathered bit by bit: We were able to glean information about their past from the conversation we overheard. I gleaned from these various articles that there was serious trouble brewing in the government.2. To gather grain left behind by reapers: The farmers have gleaned their final harvests from their fields of wheat.See also: glean

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Synonyms for glean

verb gather

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Synonyms for glean

verb to collect (something) bit by bit

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Synonyms for glean

verb gather, as of natural products

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