Meaning Of Glean

v. t.

To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.

v. t.

To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

v. t.

To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

v. i.

To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

v. i.

To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

n.

A collection made by gleaning.

n.

Cleaning; afterbirth.