glean
/ɡliːn/
verb
- To collect information or knowledge bit by bit from various sources.
- I tried to glean the main points of the lecture from my messy notes.
- From the old letters, she was able to glean details about her grandfather's life.
- The reporter gleaned facts from interviews with several witnesses.
- To gather leftover crops from fields after the main harvest.
- The villagers were allowed to glean the wheat fields after the reapers had finished.
- The farmer let the children glean the remaining potatoes from the soil.
- In some cultures, it is a tradition to glean corn for the poor.