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glean

/ɡliːn/

/ɡlin/

gleanverb

gleaned

Past Simple

gleaned

Past Participle

gleaning

ing-form

/ɡliːn/

/ɡlin/

Translations

She managed to glean some useful information from the reports.

Elle a réussi à glaner des informations utiles dans les rapports.

Additional translations

recueillirAu sens figuré, pour des informations ou des indices.

Definitions

To collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty.

She managed to glean some useful information from the reports.

To gather grain or other produce left by reapers.

The villagers would glean the fields after the harvesters had passed through.

Synonyms

pick up