Definition of Glean
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(v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
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(v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
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(v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
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(v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
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(v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
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(n.) A collection made by gleaning.
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(n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.
Antonyms of Glean
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Homophones of Glean
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