Definizione monolingua

glean

glean (third-person singular simple present gleans, present participle gleaning, simple past and past participle gleaned)

1. To harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Ruth 2:2,

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

2. To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
   • 8 December 2011, BBC News, Iran shows film of captured US drone, available in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562 :

     He said Iran was ""well aware of what priceless technological information"" could be gleaned from the aircraft.

Definizione dizionario glean

raccogliere

spigolare

Altri significati:

gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit

To harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped.

To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.

harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped