gleaned; gleaning; gleans
Definition of glean
1
: to gather grain or other produce left by reapers
2
: to gather information or material bit by bit
1a
: to pick up after a reaper
b
: to strip of the leavings of reapers
glean a field
2a
: to gather (something, such as information) bit by bit
can glean secrets from his hard drive
b
: to pick over in search of relevant material
gleaning old files for information
3
: find out
The police used old-fashioned detective work to glean his whereabouts.
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The first known use of glean was in the 14th century
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