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glean

glean [ gleen ] (past and past participle gleaned, present participle glean·ing, 3rd person present singular gleans)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb accumulate something: to obtain information in small amounts over a period of time

2. transitive and intransitive verb gather after harvest: to go over a field or area that has just been harvested and gather by hand any usable parts of the crop that remain

[14th century. Via Old French glener< late Latin glennare< Celtic]

glean·er noun
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