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glean v

(transitive) To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest. To collect fruit, grain, or other produce from (a field, an orchard, etc.), after the main gathering or harvest. (figurative) To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together. To take away (someone's) possessions; to strip (someone) bare. (zoology) Of an animal, especially a bat or a bird: to feed by picking up or plucking (prey, mainly arthropods such as insects) from various places. (obsolete) To collect or gather (things) into one mass. (obsolete, military) To cut off (straggling soldiers separated from their units) during a conflict; to isolate. (intransitive) To collect fruit, grain, or other produce after the main gathering or harvest. (zoology) Of an animal, especially a bat or a bird: to feed by picking up or plucking prey, mainly arthropods such as insects, from various places. glean n (obsolete except UK, dialectal) A collection of something made by gleaning.

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