verb Download 🔗Share To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering. Examples : "After the farmer harvested the wheat, the children went into the field, gleaning the remaining stalks. " agriculture food work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard). Examples : "to glean a field" agriculture food plant work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit. Examples : "Simple Sentence: "After the meeting, I was gleaning information from my colleagues to understand what decisions were made since I missed it." " action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts. Examples : "After the company picnic, some employees were gleaning leftover napkins, plates, and plastic cutlery from the tables, hoping to reuse them at home. " agriculture economy business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something learned by gleaning. Examples : "The scientist's hypothesis was based on gleaning from various research papers. " education mind ability achievement info Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Examples : "The local food bank relies on gleaning to provide fresh produce to families in need, collecting the vegetables left behind in farmers' fields after the main harvest. " agriculture food economy environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses. Examples : "The bird's gleaning of insects from the leaves kept the plants healthy. " animal insect biology ecology nature science organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading