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gleaner Definition


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glean
verb gleaned, gleaning
    1. To collect (information, etc) bit by bit, often with difficulty.
      Thesaurus: cull, gather, amass, collect, learn, pick up.
    tr & intr
    2. To collect (loose grain and other useful remnants of a crop left in a field) after harvesting.
Derivative: gleaner
noun
    Derivative: gleanings
    plural noun
      Things which have been or may be gleaned, especially bits of information.
    Etymology: 14c: from French glener in sense 2.



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