glean

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To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit
To harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped

Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.

{v} to gather the remains, pick up, select
{f} gather or collect crops that harvesters have left behind; gather, compile; discover or learn bit by bit
To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain
To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers
To pick up or gather anything by degrees
A collection made by gleaning
Cleaning; afterbirth
To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left
To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering
If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly. At present we're gleaning information from all sources 10,000 pages of evidence were gleaned from hundreds and hundreds of interviews. = gather
gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
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The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest
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The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses
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Present participle of glean
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{n} one who gleans, one who selects
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{n} the act of gleaning, a thing gleaned
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past of glean
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{i} one who gleans, gatherer, one who collects
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information slowly and carefully someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
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someone who gathers something in small pieces e
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One who gathers slowly with labor
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someone who gathers something in small pieces (e g information) slowly and carefully
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One who gleans
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someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
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One who gathers after reapers
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The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning
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Something learned by gleaning
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To gather bit by bit
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Collecting unharvested crops from fields or obtaining unused agricultural products from farmers, processors, or retailers, usually for distribution to food banks and charitable feeding organizations
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third-person singular of
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