glean

  • 21glean — verb Glean is used with these nouns as the object: ↑information, ↑insight …

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  • 22glean — [[t]gli͟ːn[/t]] gleans, gleaning, gleaned VERB If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly. [V n from n] At present we re gleaning information from all sources...… …

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  • 23glean information — index peruse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24glean knowledge of — index overhear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25glean — verb Etymology: Middle English glenen, from Anglo French glener, from Late Latin glennare, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish doglenn he selects Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to gather grain or other produce left by reapers 2. to… …

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  • 26glean — a collective noun (a noun that denotes a collection of persons or things regarded as a unit) for herrings …

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  • 27glean — gleanable, adj. gleaner, n. /gleen/, v.t. 1. to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit. 2. to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers. 3. to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly. v.i. 4. to …

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  • 28glean — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, amass, ascertain, assemble, bring in, bring together, choose out, collect, conclude, crop, crop herbs, cull, cut, decide between, deduce, derive, dig, dig up, draw a conclusion, draw an inference, excerpt,… …

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  • 29GLEAN — Graphic Layout and Engineering Aid Method ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …

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  • 30glean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. gather [in], harvest; de duce; cull, winnow. See agriculture, choice, judgment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To collect] Syn. harvest, cull, reap, gather; see harvest , reap 1 . 2. [To find out] Syn. learn …

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