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GLEAN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they glean ... he / she / it gleans
Past simple: gleaned
Past participle: gleaned
-ing form: gleaning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gather, as of natural products
Example:
harvest the grapes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
Derivation:
gleaner (someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters)
