GLEAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does glean mean? • GLEAN (verb)
The verb GLEAN has 1 sense:
1. gather, as of natural products
Familiarity information: GLEAN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLEAN (verb)
Meaning:
Gather, as of natural products
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
glean; harvest; reap
Context example:
harvest the grapes
Hypernyms (to "glean" is one way to...):
collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glean"):
cut (reap or harvest)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They glean rye in the field
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