1. to gather information or knowledge bit by bit
2. to collect leftover grain or other crops from a field after harvesting
Usage: agricultural

Examples

• She was able to glean important details from the witness testimony.
• The researcher gleaned valuable insights from the old documents.
• I gleaned from his expression that he was disappointed.
• The poor families would glean wheat from the harvested fields.
• After the harvest, children gleaned the remaining corn from the ground.
• We can glean a lot about ancient cultures from their artifacts.
• The journalist gleaned quotes from various interviews for her article.