glean

Meanings

• verb

  Obtain information or resources by extracting it from various sources.

  - "After hours of research, they were finally able to glean valuable information from the ancient text."
  - "The students gleaned knowledge from their professor's lectures."

• verb

  Gather or collect (something, especially food) by exerting little effort.

  - "The farmers gleaned the last of their crops from the fields."
  - "Birds were gleaning seeds from the ground."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɡliːn/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

learn , lease

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with glean
lean , mean , gene , serene

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Variants

List of all variants of glean that leads to same result
glean , gleanable , gleaned , gleaner , gleaners , gleaning , gleans

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Etymology

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Old English glianan: to gather, pick up, glean, from glīwan, to shine, be bright, gleam.

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Trivia

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1. Gleaning is mentioned in the Bible several times, emphasizing its importance in ancient times.

2. The word 'glean' is related to the word 'gleam', which means to shine or sparkle.

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Related Concepts

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1. harvest: The act of gathering crops or other produce from the land.

2. forage: To search for and collect food, especially wild plants or edible fungi.

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Culture

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Gleaning has been a traditional practice in many cultures, particularly in agriculture, where farmers allow the public to pick up leftover crops from their fields after harvest. This practice helps reduce food waste and provides an opportunity for people to access fresh produce.

How to Memorize "glean"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the process of extracting information from various sources.
   - Imagine yourself collecting ripe fruits from a tree or picking up seeds from the ground.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'glean' with the idea of extracting valuable information or resources.
   - Connect it to the image of farmers collecting the last crops from their fields.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym G-L-E-A-N to remember the meaning: Gather, Learn, Extract, Analyze, and Nurture.
   - Create a mental image of a gleaning basket filled with valuable information.

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