glean

glean (glēn)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to collect (grain, etc. left by reapers)
to collect the remaining grain, etc. from (a reaped field)
1. to collect or find out (facts, etc.) gradually or bit by bit
2. to examine or go through (books, etc.) so as to collect certain information

Etymology: ME glenen < OFr glener < VL glennare < Celt, as in OIr dīgleinn, he gleans < IE *ĝhlend- < base *ĝhel-: see gleam

glean′er noun

Object

insight: Jamie will explore insights gleaned over 25 years of youth work experience.
clue: We can often glean clues about what is going on around a bone from its surface.
wisdom: Teachers huddle in dark corners and in hushed tones recite words of wisdom gleaned from these pages.
info: Franco's info gleaned beforehand from the sparse pickings on the web had proved useful - camping was a good call.
information: The service uses information gleaned from news sources over the previous week.
wealth: Focus groups and questionnaire returns were used, and succeeded in gleaning a wealth of useful information.

Preposition: over

year: Jamie will explore insights gleaned over 25 years of youth work experience.

Modifying Another Word

here: Much basic as well as not so basic clinical theory can be gleaned here.
already: These animal models can only reproduce data already gleaned from humans.
much: The Text of Sun Tzu I have found it difficult to glean much about the history of Sun Tzu's text.
only: To gather in our harvests, not forgetting The poor, who only glean!
also: News is also gleaned from The Extra, a free newspaper.

Used with why or when

what: They knew that he knew there were some scripts about not always entirely complete, but you gleaned what you could from them.

Preposition: in

field: Remember how Ruth - Ruth 2:3 - goes out to glean in the field.

Preposition: from

source: A list of pony clubs gleaned from various sources.
interview: Some have already set measurable objectives, others can be gleaned from group interviews and my students ' case studies of the organizations.
survey: Topics in Pain Management reports news on a wide range of pain management topics gleaned from a survey of dozens of journal articles.
fact: What great lesson can we glean from this simple fact that these three could only be constructed " with difficulty " ?
book: The above information was mostly gleaned from the book: The Story of Unity Theater.
Internet: Return to Contents List Appendix 1 The following are two poems gleaned from the Internet.

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