1. to gather or collect leftover grain or other crops from a field after the main harvest
Usage: often used in historical or agricultural contexts
2. to gather or collect information, facts, or knowledge gradually or from various sources
Usage: figurative use

Examples

• After the harvest, the poor were allowed to gleans the remaining wheat from the fields.
• She gleans useful information from every book she reads.
• The researcher gleans insights from historical documents.
• He gleans what he can from conversations with experienced professionals.
• Farmers once hired workers to gleans the leftover crops.
• The journalist gleans details from multiple sources for her article.