🌾

glean

verb

/ɡliːn/

Meaning

to collect or gather slowly and bit by bit, especially information or crops left after harvest

The journalist gleaned facts from several sources.

glean information

collect, gather, obtain, extract, accumulate

discard, neglect, ignore

glean information, glean knowledge, glean insights, glean facts

To give something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or work done.

To say something again or repeatedly for emphasis or clarity.

To make abnormally thin or weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.

To confuse or puzzle someone.

Absorb or assimilate ideas or knowledge. To drink or take in.

to attack suddenly; to search and seize